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Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Scientific name definitions

Kenneth D. Meyer
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1995

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Distribution of the Swallow-tailed Kite - Range Map
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Distribution of the Swallow-tailed Kite

Recommended Citation

Meyer, K. D. (2020). Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.swtkit.01
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