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Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Scientific name definitions

Albert Martínez-Vilalta, Anna Motis, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 2, 2014

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Distribution of the Black-headed Heron

Recommended Citation

Martínez-Vilalta, A., A. Motis, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala), 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.blhher1.01
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