A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1850, 2008, Pages 27-42

  Schmidt, Brian K ^a   Foster, Jeffrey T ^b,d   Angehr, George R ^c   Durrant, Kate L ^b,e   Fleischer, Robert C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African forest robin; Gamba complex; Moukalaba Doudou National Park; Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus

Indexed keywords

AVES; GIRARDICHTHYS FALCATUS; MUSCICAPIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHOLAEMUS; STIPHRORNIS; STIPHRORNIS ERYTHROTHORAX;

EID: 50049128170     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1850.1.2     Document Type: Article

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