Courtship and mating of the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise Pteridophora alberti in New Guinea with comment on their taxonomic significance

Emu

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-193

  Frith, Clifford B ^a   Frith, Dawn W ^a  

^a Prionodura   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PTERIDOPHORA ALBERTI;

EID: 0030708707     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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