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Black Swift Cypseloides niger Scientific name definitions

Carolyn Gunn, Peter E. Lowther, Charles T. Collins, Jason Beason, Kim Potter, and M. Webb
Version: 3.0 — Published February 3, 2023
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Distribution of the Black Swift

Recommended Citation

Gunn, C., P. E. Lowther, C. T. Collins, J. Beason, K. Potter, and M. Webb (2023). Black Swift (Cypseloides niger), version 3.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blkswi.03
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