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Hoopoes color their eggs with antimicrobial uropygial secretions
Naturwissenschaften, 2014Uropygial gland secretions are used as cosmetics by some species of birds to color and enhance properties of feathers and teguments, which may signal individual quality. Uropygial secretions also reach eggshells during incubation and, therefore, may influence the coloration of birds' eggs, a trait that has attracted the attention of evolutionary ...
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A STUDY OF THE AFRICAN HOOPOE*.
Ibis, 1950Summary.1. Hoopoes scarce and silent from Jan. to mid‐March.2. Small parties then foregather. From mid‐April there is much jostling and pooping until breeding starts in August.3. Male courts female by giving her tit‐bits of food.4. Birds maintain a feeding territory in breeding season, and are restless, rather than migratory, thereafter.5.
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The Gecko, the Hoopoe... and Lice
L'antiquité classique, 1984Waegeman Maryse. The Gecko, the Hoopoe... and Lice. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 53, 1984. pp. 218-225.
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