basic plumage
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noun Ornithology.
1.
the plumage assumed by an adult bird at its complete, usually annual, molt.
2.
(in birds having more than one plumage in their cycle of molts) the plumage of the first molt, usually the duller plumage.
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We get to see shorebirds in fading adult plumage as they molt into their basic plumage on their way through.
In basic plumage it has much more contrast between the dark nape and white throat than the other species.
Subadult loons may remain in basic plumage all year.
In winter, loons acquire a gray-above, white-below basic plumage.
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