Titre du document / Document title

L'hybridation hirondelle rustique Hirundo rustica x hirondelle de fenêtre Delichon urbica : Mythe ou réalité ? = Hybridisation between Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica and House Martin Delichon urbica: muth or reality?

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

NICOLAU-GUILLAUMET P. ;

Résumé / Abstract

The existence of wild hybrids between different species is a long-known fact which has caused many problems in systematics and taxonomy (SHORT, 1969). Concerning birds a large number of short papers relating to punctual observed cases and fewer longer papers presenting a more synthetic and/or detailed approach including biological, ecological, biochemical and genetical analysis have been published. Concerning western Europe two important works have been published. their content is a commented list of more or less known facts at the time of their publication: SUCHETET (A.) 1896.- Des hybrides à l'état sauvage I Oiseaux et GRAY (P. A.) 1958.- Birds Hybrids. It is not the aim of this paper to start a general discussion, which would be outside our field of competence, but to present what is known, what has been written and said on the hybridisation of the two most common hurundines in the Western Palerarctic. On this question, as small as it is, our knowledge is slim and scientific arguments are lacking. We hope this paper will induce one or several ornithologist well versed in modern techniques to start studying this origina! subject which, might even become fashionable.

Revue / Journal Title

Alauda   ISSN 0002-4619   CODEN ALUDAI 

Source / Source

1998, vol. 66, n^o4, pp. 283-297 (2 p.)

Langue / Language

Français
Revue : Français

Editeur / Publisher

Société d'études ornithologiques, Dijon, FRANCE  (1929) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Interspecific hybridization ; Wild animal ; Hybrid ; Review ; Europe ; Delichon urbica ; Hirundo rustica ; Aves ; Vertebrata ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Hybridation interspécifique ; Animal sauvage ; Hybride ; Article synthèse ; Europe ; Delichon urbica ; Hirundo rustica ; Aves ; Vertebrata ; Hirundinidae ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Hibridación interespecífica ; Animal salvaje ; Híbrido ; Artículo síntesis ; Europa ; Delichon urbica ; Hirundo rustica ; Aves ; Vertebrata ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 5316, 35400007411680.0040