Bill color characteristics and body mass of the great tit (Parus major) nestling
- Authors
- Hwang, Hyun-Su; Son, Seung-Hun; Rhim, Shin-Jae
- Issue Date
- Dec-2015
- Publisher
- TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Keywords
- artificial nest box; bill color; body mass; great tit; nestling
- Citation
- FOREST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, v.11, no.4, pp 223 - 227
- Pages
- 5
- Journal Title
- FOREST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 223
- End Page
- 227
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/11359
- DOI
- 10.1080/21580103.2014.990061
- ISSN
- 2158-0103
2158-0715
- Abstract
- This study was conducted to examine the bill color and body mass of great tit (Parus major) nestlings in artificial nest boxes. In this study, the nestlings with yellow bills had a higher body mass on the second and eighth day after hatching. Moreover, the brightness values of the color of the bill on the eighth day after hatching were negatively correlated with the body mass of the chicks. Our experiment shows that the color of the bill of the nestling could accurately signal the quality of the chick. Moreover, carotenoid-based colors play an important role in avian communication. Study of carotenoid-based colors in the great tit would be required in the future.
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