RECORD OF LEUCISM IN Ammodramus humeralis (BOSC, 1792) (PASSERIFORMES: PASSERELLIDAE) IN CENTRAL-WEST BRAZIL

Authors

  • Marcelo Luiz Quirino Especialista em Gestão de Projetos, Fatec Internacional (Grupo Uninter)
  • Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2018.2201.09

Keywords:

aberrant, chromatic mutation, Grassland sparrow

Abstract

Several cases of chromatic mutation in birds have been reported in the scientific literature and, apparently, leucism cases are the most frequent. This study reports a case of partial leucism in Ammodramus humeralis (Passeriformes, Passerellidae) in the Mato Grosso State, Brazil: the first chromatic mutation case for this species in Brazil and most likely for the Neotropical region either.

Author Biographies

Marcelo Luiz Quirino, Especialista em Gestão de Projetos, Fatec Internacional (Grupo Uninter)

Graduado em Engenharia e Especialista em Gestão de Projetos

Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Graduacão em Biologia, Mestre em Ciências e Doutorando em Biologia.

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Published

2018-03-12

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2018): Spontaneous submissions

Section

Short communication