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- Madagascar Sandgrouse
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Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus

Eduardo de Juana and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published July 15, 2013

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Recommended Citation

de Juana, E. and G. M. Kirwan (2013). Madagascar Sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus). 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/hbw/species/madsan1/1.0