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African Penguin Spheniscus demersus Scientific name definitions

Isabel Martínez, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 26, 2016

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Distribution of the African Penguin

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Recommended Citation

Martínez, I., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus), 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.jacpen1.01
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