Birds of the World

Black Partridge Melanoperdix niger Scientific name definitions

Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 29, 2016

References

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Recommended Citation

McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Black Partridge (Melanoperdix niger), 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.blapar2.01
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