Greater flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus use uropygial secretions as make-up

2010/10/22 by Juan A. Amat, Miguel A. Rendón, Miguel Á. Rendón +7 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Avian ecology and behavior #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s00265-010-1068-z

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• Sources of variation in uropygial gland size in European birds
• Uropygial gland [wikipedia]