Andean Birds Mixed Flocks, Colombia, 1962-1965 (1 of 4)

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Contained In: Martin H. Moynihan Papers, 1952-1996

Series: SIA Acc. 01-096

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Moynihan, M.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1962-1965

Notes

English

This is the first of four folders of field notes documenting M. Moynihan's behavioral observations of Andean Birds in mixed flocks in Colombia, 1962-1965. Pages are numbered. Dated entries are headed with locations. Entries detail behaviors and appearances of individual and groups of birds with time of day, elevation, description of terrain. Includes comments and conclusions including effect of weather and other conditions on behavior. Illustrations of birds are throughout the text. Locations include the vicinity a variety of locations near Bogota and western Andes including Paramo le Negra, Guasca, Cerro Munchique, and Rio Urrao.

Subjects

Andes , Animal behavior , Bogot‡ , Colombia , Ethology , Field notes , Guasca , Munchique, Cerro , Ornithology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.105402