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Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus Scientific name definitions

Popko Wiersma, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published December 11, 2020
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Distribution of the Black-winged Lapwing - Range Map
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Distribution of the Black-winged Lapwing

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Recommended Citation

Wiersma, P., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Black-winged Lapwing (Vanellus melanopterus), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blwlap1.01.1
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