Abundance, breeding and food of the Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea (Aves, Ardeidae) in the Patos Lagoon estuary, a recently colonized area in southern Brazil

We document the expansion of the breeding distribution of the Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) to 850 km beyond its previous southern limit in South America. In addition we present data on abundance, breeding biology and food of the species in the Patos Lagoon estuary, the area wh...

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Main Authors: Dimas Gianuca, Andros T. Gianuca, Carolus M. Vooren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul 2012-03-01
Series:Iheringia: Série Zoologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212012000100003&lng=en&tlng=en