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Article Category: Letter
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Online Publication Date: 27 Jan 2021

Pale Plumage in Golden Eagles from Scandinavia: Extreme Variants or a New Color Morph?

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Page Range: 106 – 111
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016-55.1.106
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Keywords: Golden Eagle ; Aquila chrysaetos; color morph ; Norway ; plumage
Copyright: © 2021 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2021
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Adult male Golden Eagle, Pale 1, with extremely pale breast, in southern Norway. Photo by Thomas Mørch.

Figure 2.
Figure 2.

The entire underside of this adult Golden Eagle, Pale 1, extensively marked with pale bars, streaks, and spots. Photo by Thomas Mørch.

Figure 3.
Figure 3.

The head, undertail coverts, and new upper-wing coverts on Pale 1 are approximately as dark as for other A. c. chrysaetos adults. Drooping abdominal panel appears very pale when viewed from below, as seen here, but appears very dark when compressed as in Fig. 1, 2. Photo by Thomas Mørch.

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1 Email address: dcellis@theriver.com

Received: 05 Dec 2019
Accepted: 29 Apr 2020
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