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Aberrant plumage in a Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva

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Pages
69 – 70

Published
1 April 19

Authors
Oscar W. Johnson, Susan Scott

DOI
10.18194/ws.00136

Correspondence
Oscar Johnson
owjohnson2105@aol.com
Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA

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The authors report a white-plumaged Pacific Golden-Plover in Oaha, Hawaii. Reports of aberrant plumage often involve birds that disappear after brief sightings. Instead of a brief encounter, the authors were able to observe the plover’s coloration throughout the non-breeding season, and the changes they saw complicated what at first appeared to be an example of leucism.