SPECIES

Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus Scientific name definitions

Robert Berry, Christopher L. Wood, and Brian L. Sullivan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2009

References

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Recommended Citation

Berry, R., C. L. Wood, and B. L. Sullivan (2020). Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.orbfal1.01