Sexing and ageing Rose‐ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in Britain

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-12

  Butler, Christopher J ^a,b   Gosler, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIRD; RINGING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARATINGA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACULA; PSITTACULA KRAMERI;

EID: 3042589135     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2004.9674305     Document Type: Article

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