Discovered on the brink of extinction: A new species of Pygmy-Owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-130

  Da Silva, José Maria Cardoso ^a,b   Coelho, Galileu ^b   Gonzaga, Luiz Pedreira ^c  

^a Conservation International do Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Biogeography; Conservation; Glaucidium; Strigidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AVES; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM HARDYI; GLAUCIDIUM MINUTISSIMUM; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 12444337123     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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