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Biomechanical features of the bill and and jaw apparatus of cuckoos, turacos and the hoatzin in relation to food acquisition and processing

L. P. Korzun, Auteur ; C. Erard, Auteur ; J. P. Gasc, Auteur ; F. J. Dzerzhinsky, Auteur

Dans Ostrich (74(1-2) MAR 2003)

A morphofunctional analysis of the feeding apparatus was conducted from an evolutionary perspective on the hoatzin (Opisthocomidae), some cuckoos (Cuculidae) and some turacos (Musophagidae). These goups share a common ancestral adaptation of the[...]

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