Syntopic breeding suggests mimicry of the Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa) by the Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis speculigera)

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 387-396

  Witt, Christopher C ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black and white Seedeater; Black and white Tanager; Conothraupis speculigera; Convergence; Mimicry; Peru; Sporophila luctuosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745769075     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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