Original Articles

PALATE PIGMENTATION IN ADULTS AND SUBADULTS OF SOME AFRICAN ESTRILDIDAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PERSISTENCY OF JUVENILE MOUTH-MARKINGS

Published in: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
Volume 46 , issue 2 , 1975 , pages: 147–153

DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1975.9639508

Author(s): Peter , Germany , Irene Kunkel , Germany

Abstract

Kunkel, P. & Kunkel, I. 1975. Palate pigmentation in adults and subadults of some African Estrididae, with special reference to the persistency of juvenile mouth-markings. 46:147-153. The colouration of the mouth interior of birds with adult plumage has been examined in ten species of estrildid finches occurring in eastern Zaire Republic.

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