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Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa Scientific name definitions

Donald A. Jenni and Terrence R. Mace
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999

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Distribution of the Northern Jacana

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Recommended Citation

Jenni, D. A. and T. R. Mace (2020). Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.norjac.01
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