Occasional mimicry and night-time singing by the western Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre palmeri)

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-626

  Johnson, R Roy ^a   Haight, Lois T ^a  

^a Johnson and Haight Environmental Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIMICRY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VOCALIZATION;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

PHEUCTICUS MELANOCEPHALUS; TOXOSTOMA CURVIROSTRE; TOXOSTOMA CURVIROSTRE PALMERI;

EID: 77956086888     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-022.1     Document Type: Article

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