Sex differentiation of Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra wintering in northern Spain

Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) Science Article 1

abstract

A discriminant function was developed for sex differentiation of Corn Buntings Miliaria calandra wintering in northern Spain. The function, y = 0.136A + 0.288W-26.837, where A is wing length in mm and W is body weight in g, gives positive values for males and negative values for females. The error of this function was 3.9% lower than other published biometric criteria for sex differentiation in Corn Buntings

F. Campos, M. Hernandez, J. Arizaga, R. Miranda and A. Amezcua, Ringing & Migration (2005) 22, 159-162

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