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African Penguin Spheniscus demersus

Isabel Martínez, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published April 26, 2016

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Distribution of the African Penguin - Range Map
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Distribution of the African Penguin

Recommended Citation

Martínez, I., D. A. Christie, F. Jutglar, and E. Garcia (2016). African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved from Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/historic/hbw/jacpen1/1.0/introduction
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