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Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Scientific name definitions

Chris S. Elphick and T. Lee Tibbitts
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1998

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Distribution of the Greater Yellowlegs

Recommended Citation

Elphick, C. S. and T. L. Tibbitts (2020). Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), 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.greyel.01
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