Dunnock two or three adjacent female territories overlap one male territory, and so polygyny is favored, with the male monopolising several females. Polygynandry also exists, in which two males jointly defend a territory containing several females. Polyandry, though, is the most common mating system of dunnocks found in nature. Depending on the population, males generally have the best reproductive success in polygynous populations, while females have the advantage during polyandry. Studies have illustrated the fluidity of dunnock mating systems. When given food in abundance, female territory size is reduced drastically. Consequently, males can more easily monopolise the females. Thus, the mating
Common smoky honeyeater three subspecies; the nominate race occurs in the eastern Herzog Mountains and south east New Guinea, "M. f. kumawa" is restricted to the southern Bomberai Peninsula and "M. f. goliathi" ranges from the Weyland Mountains to the western Herzog Mountains. Common smoky honeyeater The common smoky honeyeater ("Melipotes fumigatus") is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is one of four species in the genus "Melipotes", all closely related and forming a superspecies. After another similar species, the wattled smoky honeyeater, was discovered in 2005 in the Foja Mountains it has also been called the common smoky