Some aspects of the breeding biology of the Black Swift

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 290-306

  Marín, Manuel ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology   (United States)

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