Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus) caught in golden orb-spider (Nephilia clavipes) web

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-119

  Sakai, Walter H ^a  

^a SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Golden orb spider; Long billed Hermit; Nephila clavipes; Phaethornis superciliosus; Spider web

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247196095     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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