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Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus Scientific name definitions

Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Taylor, B. (2020). Black-backed Swamphen (Porphyrio indicus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purswa4.01
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