Figure 1
From: Plumage iridescence is associated with distinct feather microbiota in a tropical passerine
Photographs and localities (i.e. populations) of White-shouldered Fairywren subspecies included in this study and sampled in Papua New Guinea. Within the M. a. lorentzi subspecies, we sampled white chest feathers from brown females and first-year males and black chest feathers from iridescent males, while within M. a. moretoni subspecies, black chest feathers from ornamented black males with iridescent plumage and black females with matte plumage were sampled (photographs: Erik D. Enbody).
