The first record of a female hybrid between the Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) and the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) in nature

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1063-1068

  Reifová, Radka ^a   Kverek, Pavel ^b   Reif, J ^a,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Palacky University Olomouc ^*  (Czech Republic)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bird moult; Hybrid sterility; Hybridization; Luscinia luscinia; Luscinia megarhynchos

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID; MOLT; NEW RECORD; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AVES; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS;

EID: 80052766371     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0700-7     Document Type: Article

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