Diet and hunting behavior of the Plumbeous Kite

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 526-532

  Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a   Schulze, Mark D ^b   Whitacre, David F ^c   Vásquez, Miguel A ^a  

^a Pennsylvania State Univ ^*  (Guatemala)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

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