Erdei szalonka (SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA L.) színváltozatok előfordulása 2014-ben Magyarországon

Attila Bende; Richárd László

WOODCOCK (SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA L.) DIVERSITY OF WING SAMPLE COLORS AND PATTERNS IN 2013 IN HUNGARY

Authors

Attila Bende
Richárd László

Keywords:

woodcock, colour, pattern, flavistic, melanistic, normal colour

Abstract

Our results are based on the plumage pattern and colour characteristics of woodcock wing samples (n=1825), obtained during their migration through Hungary in spring 2013. We concluded, that the normal coloured birds were dominant (80.7%), followed by the flavistic colour type (13.0%). The remaining smaller proportion consists of the commonly designated melanistic, darker colour type (6.3%).