Courtship display and mating of Victoria's Riflebird Ptiloris victoriae with notes on the courtship displays of congeneric species

Emu

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 102-113

  Frith, Clifford B ^a   Cooper, William T ^b  

^a Prionodura   (Australia)

^b Chowchilla   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARADISAEIDAE; PTILORIS VICTORIAE; VICTORIA;

COURTSHIP; DISPLAY; MATING; VICTORIA'S RIFLEBIRD;

EID: 0029660950     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU9960102     Document Type: Article

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