Geographical variation in Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata, with a new subspecies from the Central Andes of Colombia

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-40

  Donegan, Thomas M ^a  

^a ProAves Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYRMECIZA; MYRMECIZA GOELDII; MYRMECIZA IMMACULATA; MYRMECIZA MELANOCEPS; THAMNOPHILIDAE;

EID: 84859183399     PISSN: 00071595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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