Breeding behavior, social organization and morphology of Red-shouldered (Agelaius assimilis) and Tawny-shouldered (A. humeralis) Blackbirds

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 832-836

  Whittingham, Linda A ^a,c   Kirkconnell, Arturo ^b   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Cuba   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius assimilis; Agelaius humeralis; breeding; Red shouldered Blackbirds; sexual dichromatism; Tawny shouldered Blackbirds; territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS ASSIMILIS; AGELAIUS HUMERALIS;

EID: 0030466619     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369864     Document Type: Article

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