Aging mourning doves by outer primary wear
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: H. M. Wight, L. H. Blankenship, and R. E. Tomlinson
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Abstract
Many immature mourning doves (Zenaidura macroura) cannot be aged by the conventional white-tipped primary covert method if molt has proceeded beyond the 7th primary. A new method of aging doves in this group is based on the presence (immature) or absence (adult) of a buff-colored fringe on the tips of the 9th and 10th primaries. Experienced biologists were nearly 100 percent accurate in aging wings of 100 known-age doves from eastern and midwestern states. The technique is not as reliable for doves from southwestern United States because of added feather wear, apparently from harsh vegetative and soil conditions.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Aging mourning doves by outer primary wear |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| DOI | 10.2307/3797993 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 1967 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 832 |
| Last page | 835 |