Avian inventory and key species of the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-115

  Thorstrom, R ^a   Watson, R T ^a  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYPTERACIAS LEPTOSOMUS; BRACHYPTERACIAS SQUAMIGER; CICONIIFORMES; COUA SERRIANA; EURYCEROS PREVOSTII; EUTRIORCHIS ASTUR; GALLIFORMES; LEPTOSOMUS; MASOALA; MESITORNIS UNICOLOR; MONTICOLA; NESILLAS TYPICA; ORIOLIA BERNIERI; PHYLLASTREPHUS CINEREICEPS; PSEUDOCOSSYPHUS SHARPEI; RANDIA PSEUDOZOSTEROPS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO SOUMAGNEI; VANGA;

AVIFAUNA; ENDANGERED BIRD; SPECIES INVENTORY;

MADAGASCAR, MASOALA PENINSULA;

EID: 0031446937     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900001453     Document Type: Article

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