Cranial morphology of European passerine bird families (Aves, Passeriformes)

Péter Ujhelyi

doi:10.1515/orhu-2016-0015

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Cranial morphology of European passerine bird families (Aves, Passeriformes)

Ornis Hungarica

Volume 24 (2016): Issue 2 (December 2016)

By: Péter Ujhelyi

Open Access

|Jan 2017

Abstract

The subject of this study focuses on the cranial morphology of 24 native European passerine bird families. In addition to the discussion of taxonomical questions regarding to the examination of beak, orbit, cranium and mandible, the author aims to provide guidance to the determination of raptors’ prey remains. Most of the studied bird families are well-distinguishable using the knowledge on the mentioned osteological traits except some less-specialised families.

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