RECORD OF A LEUCISM ON RED-CRESTED CARDINAL PAROARIA CORONATA (PASSERIFORMES: THRAUPIDAE) IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa
  • Darliane Evangelho Silva UNIVATES
  • André Luis da Rosa Seixas URCAMP/FURG
  • Stefan Vilges de Oliveira MMA- Brasilia/ Universidade de Brasilia
  • Noeli Juarez Ferla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/376

Keywords:

Paroaria coronata, passeriformes, plumage, Rio Grande do Sul, Thraupidae

Abstract

This study reports a leucism case on Cardinal Paroaria coronata (Miller, 1776) (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) in municipality of São Sepé, Central Region of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. The specimen had depigmentediris, feathers, beak andtarsi, while bright-red tuft like to original color of the species.

Author Biographies

Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa

Biólogo - Áreas do conhecimento: ornitologia, mastofauna e herpetofauna.

Darliane Evangelho Silva, UNIVATES

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Published

2013-01-14

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2012)

Section

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