Sentences with phrase «snood length»

What's more, in fights between live males, Buchholz found that only snood length — which may in part be determined by a bird's testosterone level — was a good predictor of victory, more reliable even than weight.

And not only do females prefer long snoods, but, according to Northeast Louisiana University behavioral ecologist Richard Buchholz, males assess the snood lengths of other males before engaging in battle.

Not exact matches

But apparently the single most attractive feature to females is not a male's power suit or macho strut but his snood — a fleshy appendage above his beak (an arrow points to it here) that can stretch to twice its ordinary length during courtship.