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Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Scientific name definitions

Andrew Elliott, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 23, 2014

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Elliott, A., E. F. J. Garcia, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), 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.hamerk1.01