Taxonomy and geographic variation of Formicivora serrana (Hellmayr, 1929) and Formicivora littoralis Gonzaga and Pacheco, 1990 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2742, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Firme, Daniel H ^a   Raposo, Marcos A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Formicivora littoralis; Formicivora serrana; Geographic variation; Taxonomy; Thamnophilidae

Indexed keywords

AVES; FORMICIVORA; FORMICIVORA SERRANA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 78751506385     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2742.1.1     Document Type: Article

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