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Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater Scientific name definitions

Phil Hockey, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 20, 2016

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Recommended Citation

Hockey, P., G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blaoys1.01