The importance of visual markings in night birds. The case of the Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo

This work brings together the results of a series of researches on the importance of the visual communication for nocturnal birds, carried out using the Eagle Owl as a model species. We analysed the main characteristics of the white feathers of the adults and the offspring and we tested the function...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo Penteriani, Maria Del Mar Delgado, Paola Bartolommei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-09-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology
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Online Access:https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/108