Egg colouration and male parental effort in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

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Experimental evidence that egg color indicates female condition at laying in a songbird (2006, methodology): “We conducted our experiment on a population of pied flycatchers subjected to a long-term study in Valsaı́n, central Spain, in 2005 (see Moreno et al. 2004, 2005 for details about Address correspondence to J. Moreno.”
Egg coloration is correlated with female condition in eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) (2006, background): “Prior research also suggests a link between overall egg investment and biliverdin deposition, in both pied flycatchers (Moreno et al. 2004) and house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus; Siefferman et al.”
NEST WEIGHT AND FEMALE HEALTH IN THE BLUE TIT (CYANISTES CAERULEUS) (2006, background): “…a neglected topic in the study of sexual selection (Amundsen 2000), but increasing evidence is proving that it could be more widespread than previously believed, even when applied to ornaments external to the females themselves (Moreno and Osorno 2003; Moreno et al. 2004, 2005; Soler et al 2005).”
Evidence for the signaling function of egg color in the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (2005, methodology): “The signals may not only signal their own quality but also that of the offspring contained in the brightly colored eggshells ( Moreno and Osorno, 2003 ).”