Two additional synapomorphies of grebes Podicipedidae and flamingos Phoenicopteridae

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-82

  Manegold, Albrecht ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphology; Palaelodidae; Phoenicopteridae; Phylogeny; Podicipedidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 33746168647     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.041.0113     Document Type: Article

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