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Thenuptialplumageof both species is acquired by means of an incomplete molt before the breeding season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They will moult again intonuptialplumagein winter or spring.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some older males have remained blue all year, moulting directly from one year'snuptialplumageto the next.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They moult again intonuptialplumagein winter or spring.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From a distance, the drakes innuptialplumageappear grey, with a dark head, a yellowish behind, and a white stripe running along the flanks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The blue breeding plumage of the male is often referred to asnuptialplumage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Herons and egrets were hunted for their long, filamentousnuptialplumageused in the millinery trade from 1840 until prices rose to $32 per ounce in 1903.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Lesser scaup drakes innuptialplumageare often said to be recognizable by the purple instead of green sheen of the head and a darker back.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most birds moult, usually before and after breeding, resulting in a breeding ornuptialplumageand a basic plumage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many species undertake another moult prior to the breeding season known as the pre-alternate moult, the resulting breeding plumage being known as the alternate plumage ornuptialplumage.
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