Herrerillo común - Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Alfredo Salvador
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)

Fecha de publicación: 30-06-2005

Revisiones: 9-03-2007; 12-03-2008; 28-09-2012; 25-08-2016

Salvador, A. (2016). Herrerillo común – Cyanistes caeruleus. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Morales, M. B. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/