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Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi Scientific name definitions

Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 17, 2018

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Distribution of the Japanese Night Heron - Range Map
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Distribution of the Japanese Night Heron

Recommended Citation

Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi), 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.janher1.01
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