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Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima 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 Giant Kingfisher - Range Map
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Distribution of the Giant Kingfisher

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Recommended Citation

Woodall, P. F. (2020). Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima), 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.giakin3.01
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