A comparative study of Shiny Cowbird parasitism of two large hosts, the Chalk-browed Mockingbird and the Rufous-bellied Thrush

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 728-736

  Sackmann, Paula ^a   Reboreda, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Chalk browed Mockingbird; Mimus saturninus; Molothrus bonariensis; Rufous bellied Thrush; Shiny Cowbird; Turdus rufiventris

Indexed keywords

MIMUS SATURNINUS; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS BONARIENSIS; TURDIDAE; TURDUS RUFIVENTRIS;

EID: 0242575065     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7194     Document Type: Article

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