First nest description for Niceforo's wren (Thryothorus nicefori): A critically endangered Colombian endemic songbird

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-318

  Valderrama, Sandra V ^a,b   Parra, Jorge E ^a,b   Dávila, Nicolás ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^b Fundacion ProAves Colombia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Conservation; Critically endangered; Dry forest; Endemic; Nest site selection; Niceforo's wren; Tbryothorw nitefori

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250713403     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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