Re-evaluation of Agyrtria brevirostris Lesson (Aves, Trochilidae), with notes on its taxonomic status and relationships to A. chionopectus Gould and A. versicolor Vieillot

Zoosystematics and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-149

  Weller, André A ^a   Schuchmann, Karl L ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agyrtria chionopectus; Agyrtria versicolor; Biogeography; Taxonomy; Trochilidae; Versicolored emerald; White chested emerald

Indexed keywords

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 80051742765     PISSN: 14351935     EISSN: 18600743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoos.200800020     Document Type: Article

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