A new species of boubou (Malaconotidae: Laniarius) from the albertine rift

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 678-689

  Voelker, Gary ^a   Outlaw, Robert K ^b   Reddy, Sushma ^c,d   Tobler, Michael ^a   Bates, John M ^d   Hackett, Shannon J ^d   Kahindo, Charles ^e   Marks, Ben D ^a   Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C ^d,f   Gnoske, Thomas P ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e Bukavu State University   (Congo)

^f ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; boubou; Laniarius; Malaconotidae; shrikes

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE;

EAST AFRICAN RIFT; WESTERN RIFT;

EID: 77955078794     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.09014     Document Type: Article

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