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Black-fronted Dotterel Charadrius melanops Scientific name definitions

Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published October 24, 2023
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Distribution of the Black-fronted Dotterel - Range Map
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Distribution of the Black-fronted Dotterel

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Recommended Citation

Wiersma, P., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2023). Black-fronted Dotterel (Charadrius melanops), version 1.1. 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.blfdot1.01.1
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