Recovery of skeletal elements and extended wing from a mounted specimen of the nearly extinct Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)
The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a very rare Palaearctic Scolopacidae, classified Critically Endangered by the IUCN, with the last accepted record in 2001. In the museum collections, it is commonly preserved with mounted specimens and study skins, but only two skeletons have been...
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PAGEPress Publications
2018-12-01
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Series: | Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology |
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Online Access: | https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/340 |