Comportament del puput Upupa epops: Postura d'ales esteses i coll romput
[eng] Hoopoe's Upupa epops behaviour: Spreadeagle and broken neck posture. It describes the observation of 2 specimen Hoopoe seen on two separate occasions, close in time. It discusses the purpose of the spreadeagled posture used by this bird. At first sight it appeared that t...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2003 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de las Islas Baleares |
| Repository: | Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears |
| OAI Identifier: | anuariGob:AOB_2003v18p073 |
| Online Access: | http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/anuariGob/index/assoc/AOB_2003/v18p073.dir/AOB_2003v18p073.pdf http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/anuariGob/document/AOB_2003v18p073 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ornithology |
| Summary: | [eng] Hoopoe's Upupa epops behaviour: Spreadeagle and broken neck posture. It describes the observation of 2 specimen Hoopoe seen on two separate occasions, close in time. It discusses the purpose of the spreadeagled posture used by this bird. At first sight it appeared that this position indicates the bird was either sunbathing or anting. Sunbathing is used to maintain plumage and a healthy skin, free of parasites. It is believed that anting has an insecticidal purpose. Some authors have described the spreadeagled posture as a possible reaction against predators. On both ocassions, however, it did not appear that the birds were stressed by the presence of predators. Due to the distance from which the observations were made it can not be concluded wether the bird was sunbathing or anting, or using both processes simultaneously. |
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