Aberraciones cromáticas en aves de la colección ornitológica del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”

• Autores: Matías Urcola
• Localización: Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, ISSN-e 1853-0400, ISSN 1514-5158, Vol. 13, Nº. 2, 2011, págs. 221-228
• Idioma: español
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  • Chromatic aberrations in birds of the ornithological collection of the Museo Argentino deCiencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”. The paper makes out a strong case for determine chromaticaberrations that affect the coloring of the birds in the ornithological collection of the Museo Argentino de CienciasNaturales de Buenos Aires. These alterations are due to excess or deficiency in the production and/or deposition ofmelanin pigment, the affect families belong to Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Ardeidae, Threskiornithidae, Anatidae,Falconidae, Rallidae, Charadriidae, Columbidae, Strigidae, Momotidae, Furnariidae, Mimidae, Motacillidae,Emberizidae and Icteridae. Within the proposed changes, the partial leucism (40,5 %) is the most numerous, followedby pastel dilution (23,8 %), albinism (14,3 %) and finally brown aberrations, ino and partial eumelanism,each one of then had (7,1 %).