Notes on new or rarely reported Shiny Cowbird hosts from Argentina

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Fraga, Rosendo M ^a,b  

^a Asociacion Guyra Paraguay ^*  (Argentina)

^b Guyra Paraguay   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Furnatiidae; Host defenses; Icteridae; Molothrus bonariensis; Turdus leucomelas

Indexed keywords

DIUCA; DIUCA DIUCA; ICTERIDAE; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; PSEUDOSEIGURA LOPHOREI; TURDUS LEUCOMELAS; XANTHOPSAR; XANTHOPSAR FLUVUS;

EID: 0036013291     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.2.213     Document Type: Article

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