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South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Scientific name definitions

Robert W. Furness, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 28, 2017

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Recommended Citation

Furness, R.W., P. F. D. Boesman, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki), 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.sopsku1.01
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