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Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus Scientific name definitions

Popko Wiersma and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 17, 2015

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Distribution of the Spot-breasted Lapwing - Range Map
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Distribution of the Spot-breasted Lapwing

Recommended Citation

Wiersma, P. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Spot-breasted Lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus), 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.spblap1.01
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