Buteo polyosoma and B. poecilochrous, the 'red-backed buzzards' of South America, are conspecific

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-43

  Craig Farquhar, C ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Buteo poecilochrous; Buteo polyosoma; Polymorphism; Raptors; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BUTEO POECILOCHROUS; BUTEO POLYOSOMA; FALCONIFORMES; PUNA; RAPTORES;

EID: 0344404260     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369894     Document Type: Article

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