Order
Galliformes
Family
Odontophoridae
Genus
Dendrortyx
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura

Gilberto Chávez-León
Version: 1.0 — Published August 13, 2010

References

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Recommended Citation

Chávez-León, G. (2010). Long-tailed Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx macroura), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.ltwpar1.01
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