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Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax Scientific name definitions

Josep del Hoyo, Alan C. Kemp, Guy M. Kirwan, Nigel Collar, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 17, 2016

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Recommended Citation

del Hoyo, J., A. C. Kemp, G. M. Kirwan, N. Collar, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), 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.rufhor1.01