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Gouldian Finch females maximize mating opportunities
The endangered Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) has peculiar mating habits that allow the species’ females to maximise fertility.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Infidelity pays off for female Gouldian finches
(PhysOrg.com) -- Females in socially monogamous bird species such as finches often engage in sexual activities with birds outside the pair bond. This is known to benefit males if they produce more offspring, ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Sons or daughters? Female finches use head colour to decide
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers studying the behaviour of the stunningly coloured Gouldian finch have made an exciting discovery - females of the species deliberately overproduce sons when breeding with a male ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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If you flaunt it, you've got it: how red-heads top the pecking order
Red-headed finches dominate their black-headed and yellow-headed peers by physical aggression and by the mere fact of being red-headed, according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.
Jan 01, 2006 |
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