Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?

It is well‐established that plumage colors are important for avian visual communication and are used to signal social information (Andersson 1994). Most plumage colors are static traits with a relatively fixed information content. Little is known about the ability of birds to modify the expression o...

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Autores: Overveld, Thijs van, de la Riva, Manuel, Donázar, José Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Palabra clave:573 - Biología general y teórica
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spelling Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?Overveld, Thijs vande la Riva, ManuelDonázar, José Antonio573 - Biología general y teóricaIt is well‐established that plumage colors are important for avian visual communication and are used to signal social information (Andersson 1994). Most plumage colors are static traits with a relatively fixed information content. Little is known about the ability of birds to modify the expression of plumage colors with exogenous materials after feather development, a phenomenon also known as avian cosmetics (Delhey et al. 2007). Whereas the use of secretions and feather powder are widespread, the use of external sources (mainly red soil) for cosmetics seem restricted to a few groups like cranes and ptarmigans and for camouflage purposes only (reviewed in Delhey et al. 2007). The deliberate staining of feathers in a social signaling context has so far only been described in the Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) (Negro et al. 1999), but the exact function of this behavior is still hypothetical because of the extreme rarity of field data. Hence, we were extremely excited to observe this feather painting behavior in another Old‐World scavenger, the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and EU/FEDER). Grant Number: CGL2015‐66966‐C2‐1‐2‐RDepartamentos de la UMH::Biología Aplicada2020202020172020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf3application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11000/6006reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1840info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dspace.umh.es:11000/60062026-05-27T13:36:21Z
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title Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
spellingShingle Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
Overveld, Thijs van
573 - Biología general y teórica
title_short Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
title_full Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
title_fullStr Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
title_full_unstemmed Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
title_sort Cosmetic coloration in Egyptian vultures: Mud bathing as a tool for social communication?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Overveld, Thijs van
de la Riva, Manuel
Donázar, José Antonio
author Overveld, Thijs van
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de la Riva, Manuel
Donázar, José Antonio
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Donázar, José Antonio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 573 - Biología general y teórica
topic 573 - Biología general y teórica
description It is well‐established that plumage colors are important for avian visual communication and are used to signal social information (Andersson 1994). Most plumage colors are static traits with a relatively fixed information content. Little is known about the ability of birds to modify the expression of plumage colors with exogenous materials after feather development, a phenomenon also known as avian cosmetics (Delhey et al. 2007). Whereas the use of secretions and feather powder are widespread, the use of external sources (mainly red soil) for cosmetics seem restricted to a few groups like cranes and ptarmigans and for camouflage purposes only (reviewed in Delhey et al. 2007). The deliberate staining of feathers in a social signaling context has so far only been described in the Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) (Negro et al. 1999), but the exact function of this behavior is still hypothetical because of the extreme rarity of field data. Hence, we were extremely excited to observe this feather painting behavior in another Old‐World scavenger, the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
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