Note on the Pelecaniformes, Ciconiiformes, terns (Sterninae) and black skimmers (Rynchopinae) along the Costa Chica of Oaxaca, Mexico

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 367-388

  Mellink, Eric ^a   Luévano, Jaime ^a   Zuria, Iriana ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ciconiiformes; Mexico; Oaxaca; Pelecaniformes; Rynchopinae; Sterninae

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; SEABIRD; SPECIES INVENTORY;

COSTA CHICA; MEXICO; OAXACA STATE;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CICONIIFORMES; LARIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; PELECANIFORMES; RYNCHOPINAE; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNINAE;

EID: 0344689993     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v24i4.767     Document Type: Article

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