Behavior of the Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis) in northern Ecuador

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Greeney, Harold F ^a   Harms, Inka ^a  

^a Center for Creative Studies   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Andes; Ecuador; Egg; Grallaria quitensis; Incubation; Nest; Paramo; Tawny Antpitta

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349109262     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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