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Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus Scientific name definitions

Jaume Orta, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 14, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Orta, J., F. Jutglar, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), 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.japcor1.01
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