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Hitched male birds go to seed.

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The moment he finds a mate the gleaming white rock ptarmigan gets dirty

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  1. Montgomerie, R., Lyon, B. & Holder, K. Dirty ptarmigan: behavioral modification of conspicuous male plumage. Behavioral Ecology 12, 429 - 438 (2001).

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Whitfield, J. Hitched male birds go to seed.. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010628-1

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