Vocalisations of the Christmas Island Hawk-Owl Ninox natalis: Individual variation in advertisement calls

Emu

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Hill, F A Richard ^a,b   Lill, Alan ^b  

^a Birds Australia   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAPTOR; VOCALIZATION;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND;

NINOX NATALIS; NINOX NOVAESEELANDIAE;

EID: 0031683693     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU98030     Document Type: Article

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