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Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus Scientific name definitions

C. T. Callaghan, Bill Pranty, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Callaghan, C. T., B. Pranty, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2020). Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (P. G. Rodewald and S. M. Billerman, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.purswa3.01
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