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Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus Scientific name definitions

Jack C. Eitniear
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 19, 2014

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Distribution of the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

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Recommended Citation

Eitniear, J. C. (2020). Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.lyhvul1.01
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