Observations on parental care of the moustached antpitta (Grallaria alleni) in Northwestern Ecuador

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 313-316

  Greeney, Harold F ^a,b   Gelis, Rudolphe A ^a  

^a Center for Creative Studies   (Ecuador)

^b MUSEO ECUATORIANO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Ecuador; Fecal sacs; Feeding rates; Grallaria alleni; Moustached antpitta; Nestling diet; Parasite removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747085291     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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