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Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis Scientific name definitions

Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Distribution of the Silver-backed Needletail - Range Map
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Distribution of the Silver-backed Needletail

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Recommended Citation

Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Silver-backed Needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis), 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.sibnee1.01
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