Geographic variation in song of the Bright-rumped Attila (Tyrannidae: Attila spadiceus): Implications for species status

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-74

  Leger, Daniel W ^a   Mountjoy, D James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b KNOX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; SONG; TAXONOMY;

COSTA RICA;

ATTILA; ATTILA SPADICEUS; PICA; TYRANNIDAE;

EID: 0037228763     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090141     Document Type: Article

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