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Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus Scientific name definitions

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

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

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Recommended Citation

Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus), 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.brbnee1.01
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