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Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Scientific name definitions

P. F. Woodall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013

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Distribution of the Gray-headed Kingfisher - Range Map
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Distribution of the Gray-headed Kingfisher

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Recommended Citation

Woodall, P. F. (2020). Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala), 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.gyhkin1.01
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