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Male Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) Nest Defence Correlates with Female Ornament Size

Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia) Science Article 1 abstract We investigated the relationship between male nest defence and female breastpatch size in an alpine population of rock sparrow (Petronia petronia)in northernItaly. We presented a mounted weasel Matteo Griggio et al, Ethology 109, 659-669 (2003) Download article download full text (pdf)

Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Passeridae | [latin] Petronia petronia | [UK] Rock Sparrow | [FR] Moineau-soulcie commun | [DE] Steinsperling | [ES] Gorrion chillon | [NL] Rotsmus Subspecies Genus Species subspecies Breeding Range Breeding Range 2 Non Breeding Range Gymnoris petronia Petronia petronia EU sw, sc, also nw Africa Petronia petronia barbara Petronia petronia brevirostris […]