The annual cycle of wing-moult and breeding in the Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 448-454

  Craig, A J F K ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATOPHORA CINEREA; STURNUS VULGARIS;

MOULT; WATTLED STARLING;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0029662631     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb08063.x     Document Type: Article

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