A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam island, southern Indian ocean (anatidae: Anas)

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Olson, Storrs L ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Amsterdam Island; Anas marecula; Extinction; Flightlessness; New species; Paleontology; St. Paul Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000320682     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369501     Document Type: Article

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