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We describe timing and location of the prebasic molt in Western Tanagers (Piranga ludoviciana), focusing on age class differences in premolt movements. Most adults migrate south to the American Southwest where they stop to molt before moving on to their wintering grounds. Molting adults are found in southern mountain regions (Sierra Madres and southern Rockies) and in the Mexican monsoon region, where late summer rains cause a substantial increase in productivity. In contrast, juvenile Western Tanagers move to nearby montane habitats to molt before migrating, a previously undocumented strategy in western passerines that show molt-related movements. By molting in nearby montane habitats, juveniles avoid the aerodynamic cost of migrating in their “fluffy”, aerodynamically inefficient juvenal plumage. Western Tanagers are the fifth species known to use the Mexican monsoon region during the prebasic molt, further affirming the importance of that area to the conservation of Neotropical migrants that breed in western North America.

Molt-Migration in Western Tanagers (Piranga Ludoviciana): Age Effects, Aerodynamics, and Conservation Implications