A new species of Emerald hummingbird (Trochilidae, Chlorostilbon) from the Sierra de Chiribiquete, Southeastern Colombia, with a review of the C. mellisugus complex

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-27

  Stiles, F Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROSTILBON;

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