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Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti Scientific name definitions

Isabel Martínez, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 24, 2014

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Distribution of the Humboldt Penguin

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Recommended Citation

Martínez, I., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, E. F. J. Garcia, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), 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.humpen1.01
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