Monophyly and phylogeny of cuckoos (Aves, Cuculidae) inferred from osteological characters

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-307

  Hughes M, Janice ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Brood parasitism; Coccyzus; Cuculiformes; Hoatzin; Musophagidae; Opisthocomus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCYZUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MUSOPHAGIDAE; OPISTHOCOMUS; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN;

EID: 0034348874     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls 1999.0216     Document Type: Article

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