Dunnock
Main author: Magnus Hellström, December 2014.
Citation: Ottenby Bird Observatory. 2015. Ringers’ DigiGuide – Prunella modularis. www.ringersdigiguide.ottenby.se
MOULT
Adult Young
Summer SC sp
Winter – –
Young sp: The post-juvenile moult includes the body, LC and MC (but a few birds retain single juvenile MC). Some birds, c. 40% according to Jenni & Winkler (1994), include a few inner GC (rarely, all GC may be included). Single TT or RR are only rarely included.
Adult SC: The post-breeding moult includes the whole plumage.
Number of GC included in the post-juvenile moult shown as percentage of 1st year birds at Ottenby 2008-2018 (n=362).
SEX:
Average differences do exist, but since the variation is less than well understood we prefer not to sex this species.
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