A review of nest and egg descriptions for the genus Myrmeciza, with the first description of nests and eggs of the dull-mantled antbird (M. laemosticta)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1049-1056

  Greeney, Harold F ^a   Sánchez, César ^b   Sánchez, Julio E ^c   Carman, Ernesto ^c  

^a Center for Creative Studies Ecuador   (Ecuador)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Asociación de Ornitólogos Unidos de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Dull mantled Antbird; Egg; Myrmeciza; Nest; Phylogenetically informative

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EGG; NEST; PHYLOGENETICS;

COSTA RICA;

MYRMECIZA; MYRMECIZA ATROTHORAX; MYRMECIZA BERLEPSCHI; MYRMECIZA DISJUNCTA; MYRMECIZA FORTIS; MYRMECIZA GOELDII; MYRMECIZA HEMIMELAENA; MYRMECIZA HYPERYTHRA; MYRMECIZA LAEMOSTICTA; MYRMECIZA LONGIPES; MYRMECIZA MELANOCEPS; MYRMECIZA PELZELNI; SCHISTOCICHLA;

EID: 84884209310     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0973-0     Document Type: Article

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