Nomenclatural issues in ornithology: the incredible controversy on the identity of a long overlooked Brazilian bird

Zootaxa

Volumn 3734, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-258

  Nemésio, André ^a   Rasmussen, Claus ^b   Aguiar, Alexandre P ^c   Pombal Jr , José P ^d   Dubois, Alain ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Mouse colored Tapaculo; Rock Tapaculo; Scytalopus notorius; Scytalopus petrophilus; Scytalopus speluncae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; NOMENCLATURE; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; PASSERIFORMES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84887249002     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.8     Document Type: Article

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