Flight-feather molt in most passerines begins with the innermost primary and proceeds distally, while the replacement of secondaries begins at the outermost feather and proceeds proximally (Ginn and Melville 1983; Pyle 1997a, 1998). During their first year, most passerines do not replace any flight feathers (i.e., the molt is partial), while a few replace some (i.e., the molt is incomplete) or all remiges (i.e., the molt is complete) (Jenni and Winkler 1994; Pyle 1997a).