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Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Scientific name definitions

Robert B. Payne, Eduardo de Juana, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 13, 2017

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Distribution of the Lesser Cuckoo

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Recommended Citation

Payne, R. B., E. de Juana, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lescuc1.01
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