LEUCISM IN Vanellus chilensis (MOLINA, 1872) (BIRDS: CHARADRIIFORMES) IN PAMPA BIOME, SOUTHERN BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2017.2102.14Keywords:
aberrant plumage, Charadriidae, chromatic mutation, Southern LapwingAbstract
Plumage aberrations in birds are not unusual and have been sporadically related in literature, in which different patterns and variations are described. We present here a new record of partial leucism in Vanellus chilensis in Southern Brazil.
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- Figure 1. Vanellus chilensis individual with partial leucism on the head and neck areas, and normal colouring on the remaining bare parts of the body.
- Figure 2. Vanellus chilensis individual with partial leucism on the head and, mainly, neck area, presenting normal colouring on the remaining bare parts of the body.
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2017-08-10
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