BIOMETRIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AGE AND SEX CLASSESOF THE LEVANT SPARROWHAWK ACCIPITER BREVIPES ONMIGRATION AT EILAT, ISRaeL

Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) Science Article 1

abstract

The Levant sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) is a typical raptor with reversedsexual size dimorphism wherein the female is larger than the male. Here, wepresent the factors contributing to biometric differences between the age andsex classes.

REUVEN YOSEF, AND LORENZO FORNASARI, ISRaeL JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, Vol. 46, 2000, pp. 207-214

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