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Post-hatching development of the remote-tactile bill-tip organ in precocial shorebirds (Scolopacidae). [PDF]
J AnatJuvenile scolopacid shorebirds possess well‐developed osteological correlates of tactile bill‐tip organs, indicating sensory systems for remote‐touch foraging are present from early life. Ontogenetic changes in bill‐tip morphology suggest ecological specialisation and interspecific variation develop later, after fledging in these highly precocial ...
du Toit CJ, Green A, Field DJ.
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Comparative tests of ectoparasite species richness in seabirds [PDF]
, 2007 Background: The diversity of parasites attacking a host varies substantially among different host species. Understanding the factors that explain these patterns of parasite diversity is critical to identifying the ecological principles underlying ...
Joseph Hughes +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Pelecanus crispus and its phylogeny
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus), in the order Pelecaniformes, its habitat is distributed in Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is a large waterfowl that is of international concern.
Tian Huang +3 more
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Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2023 “The present state of knowledge of the Cenozoic birds of Argentina” published in Contributions in Sciences in 1980, written by the argentine paleontologist Eduardo Pedro Tonni, became a must-read for those interested in the record of fossil birds.
Claudia P. Tambussi +2 more
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, 2022 Waki, Tsukasa, Shimano, Satoshi (2022): Redescription of two parasitic feather mites sampled from the last two Crested Ibises, Nipponia nippon (Temminck, 1835) (Pelecaniformes: Threskiornithidae) lived in Japan.
Shimano, Satoshi, Waki, Tsukasa
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Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2022 Apresentamos o primeiro caso documentado de um indivíduo de caraúna Plegadis chihi com coloração aberrante classificada como albinismo total no Brasil. O registro foi feito no entorno urbano da Estação Ecológica de Carijós, no município de Florianópolis,
Danielle Paludo
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 Avifaunal inventories are crucial to the formulation of conservation and management strategies for habitats and species. An annotated checklist of the birds of the Karangadu eco-tourism area located in the Palk Bay in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil ...
H. Byju +3 more
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La ornitología fantástica de los conquistadores
El Hornero, 1918 Durante el primer siglo de la conquista Oviedo, Herrera, López De Gomara, Cieza De León, la Compañía de Jesús y otros autores, escribieron descripciones fantasiosas de la fauna en las Provincias del Río de la Plata. Se ocuparon de relatar los animales y
Aníbal Cardoso
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First data on the trematode fauna of wetland birds in the Samara region (European Russia)
Acta Biologica SibiricaWe have conducted the first study of trematodes in wetland birds of the Samara region (European Russia). A total of 25 trematode species from 12 families were identified in 8 species of birds.
Nadezhda Yu. Kirillova +1 more
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