Maui Akepa Loxops ochraceus Scientific name definitions

Jaan Kaimanu Lepson and Leonard A. Freed
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997

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Recommended Citation

Lepson, J. K. and L. A. Freed (2020). Maui Akepa (Loxops ochraceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.akepa3.01
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