Tag: Dusky-throated Antshrike

FORAGING BEHAVIOR, ECO-MORPHOLOGY, AND SYSTEMATICS OF SOME ANTSHRIKES (FORMICARIIDae: THAMNOMANES)

Dusky-throated Antshrike (Thamnomanes ardesiacus) Science Article 1 abstract The external morphology of a bird is a reflection of two factors: phylogeny and adaptations to the environment. Traditionally birds have been classified by systematists on the basis of similarities in morphology, especially at lower taxonomic ranks. Ecologists frequently study the same morphological characters used by systematists […]