Notes on feeding structures of the Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor

Ornithological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Swennen, Cornelis ^a   Yu, Yat Tung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bill; Black faced Spoonbill; Digestive tract; East Asia; Leg; Platalea minor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969395606     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.3.119     Document Type: Article

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