Wing and tail molts of the Ruddy Duck

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-59

  Jehl Jr, Joseph R ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Oxyura jamaicensis; Ruddy Duck; Tail molt; Wing molt

Indexed keywords

MOLT; TAIL FEATHER; WATERFOWL; WING;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; OXYURA JAMAICENSIS;

EID: 1842711141     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0054:WATMOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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