SPECIES

Akikiki Oreomystis bairdi Scientific name definitions

Jeffrey T. Foster, J. Michael Scott, and Paul W. Sykes Jr.
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000

References

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Recommended Citation

Foster, J. T., J. M. Scott, and P. W. Sykes Jr. (2020). Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.akikik.01