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Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala Scientific name definitions

Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 9, 2014

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Recommended Citation

Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala), 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.ashgoo1.01