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African Spoonbill Platalea alba Scientific name definitions

Eloïsa Matheu, Josep del Hoyo, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 25, 2013

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Distribution of the African Spoonbill

Recommended Citation

Matheu, E., J. del Hoyo, E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). African Spoonbill (Platalea alba), 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.afrspo1.01
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