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Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris Scientific name definitions

Guy M. Kirwan, Peter Pyle, Stephen Debus, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.1 — Published February 9, 2024
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Distribution of the Black-shouldered Kite

Recommended Citation

Kirwan, G. M., P. Pyle, S. Debus, and J. S. Marks (2024). Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus axillaris), version 1.1. 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.auskit1.01.1
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