The 'soft-plumaged petrel' complex: A review of the literature on taxonomy, identification and distribution

British Birds

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-15

  Harrop, Andrew H J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

CICONIIFORMES; PTERODROMA; PTERODROMA FEAE; PTERODROMA MADEIRA; PTERODROMA MOLLIS;

EID: 0942267292     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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