Use of clay licks by Maroon-fronted Parrots (Rhynchopsitta terrisi) in northern Mexico

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 176-180

  Valdés Peña, Rene A ^a   Ortiz Maciel, Sonia Gabriela ^a   Juarez, Simon O Valdez ^a   Hoeflich, Ernesto C Enkerlin ^a   Snyder, Noel F R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; CLAY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; GEOPHAGY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; QUERCUS; RHYNCHOPSITTA TERRISI;

EID: 41349105307     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-128.1     Document Type: Article

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