Morphoecological Peculiarities of Pelvis in Several Genera of Rails with Some Notes on Systematic Position of the Coot, Fulica atra (Rallidae, Gruiformes)

Bogdanovich, I. A.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0028

Abstract

Some features of pelvic and hindlimb morphology of several ecologically diff erent species of rallids are studied. Adaptive signifi cances of these features are revealed. A special attention is paid to the hindlimb skeleton of the Coot (Fulica atra, Linnaeus, 1758), which retained the locomotor universalism despite adaptations to swimming and diving.

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