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Issue: Vol. 5285 No. 2: 16 May 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5285.2.12
Page range: 397-400
Abstract views: 327
PDF downloaded: 19

Amaurornis phoenicurus leucocephalus Abdulali, 1964 (Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Car Nicobar Island, Bay of Bengal, India is a valid subspecies

Thiruvananthapuram Natural History Museum; Thiruvananthapuram; Kerala; India & Bird Count India; 361 ‘Hari Hara’; Canara Bank Layout; Kodigehalli; 5th Main Road; Sahakara Nagar; Bengaluru 560092; Karnataka; India
Deputy Director; Natural History Collections Department; Bombay Natural History Society; Mumbai; India
Aves Gruiforme Rallidae Car Nicobar Island

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