A kingfisher (halcyonidae) from the miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, with comments on the evolution of kingfishers in Australo-Papua

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Boles, Walter E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Halcyonidae; Kingfisher; Miocene; Riversleigh

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; HALCYONIDAE; KINGFISHER; MIOCENE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031470888     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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