RECORD OF CHROMATIC MUTATION IN Rhea americana (Linnaeus, 1758) AND Ramphocelus bresilius (Linnaeus, 1766) IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa LABORATORIO DE ORNITOLOGIA- UNISINOS
  • Marcelo Luiz Quirino
  • Marcelo Benevenga Sarmneto URCAMP
  • Luciano Moura de Mello Instituto Federal Sul-Rio-Grandense (IFSul) e Colégio Militar de Santa Maria, RS.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/rca.v12i2.4398

Keywords:

Greater Rhea, Brazilian Tanager, Color Aberrations, Aberrant Plumage

Abstract

Birds cases of abnormal feathering are related in literature as chromatic mutations or aberrant feathering are not uncommonly recorded in wild birds. We present two new cases of mutations in Neotropical birds, in Brazil. First case of an individual with a dilutian mutation of Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) recorded in a rural area in Aceguá city, in Rio Grande do Sul, and the second, an individual of Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilius) with partial leucism, recorded in São Paulo. These discover are important as new cases of chromatic mutations for Neotropical Birds in Brazil, thus adding new information to the literature.

Author Biographies

Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa, LABORATORIO DE ORNITOLOGIA- UNISINOS

GRADUAÇÃO EM BIOLOGIA, MESTRE EM CIÊNCIAS E DOUTORANDO EM BIOLOGIA.

Marcelo Benevenga Sarmneto, URCAMP

Graduação em Agronomia, Especialização em Produção e tecnologia, Mestrado em Zootecnia e Doutorado em Ciência e Tecnologia.

Luciano Moura de Mello, Instituto Federal Sul-Rio-Grandense (IFSul) e Colégio Militar de Santa Maria, RS.

Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Especialização em Ecologia, Mestrado e Doutorado em Ciência e Tecnologia.

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Published

2018-08-15

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2018)

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