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Green-backed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus Scientific name definitions

Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, P. F. Woodall, and Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, P. F. Woodall, and N. Collar (2020). Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grbkin1.01
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