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Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Scientific name definitions

Donald A. Jenni and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 19, 2016

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Distribution of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana - Range Map
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Distribution of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana

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Recommended Citation

Jenni, D. A. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), 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.phtjac1.01
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