Sexual dichromatism in the blue-fronted Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) revealed by multiple-angle spectrometry

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-14

  Santos, Susana I C O ^a   Elward, Brian ^b   Lumeij, Johannes T ^b  

^a Catalan Ornithological Institute   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amazona aestiva; Avian; Blue fronted Amazon parrot; Plumage color; Sexual dimorphism; Spectrometry; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

AMAZONA; AMAZONA AESTIVA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33646011574     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/1082-6742(2006)20[8:SDITBA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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