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  1. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 48109-1079, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Jaime García-Moreno

  2. Zoologisk Museum, srUniversitetsparken 15, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    Jon Fjeldså

  3. Research Group: Biology and Phylogeny of Tropical Birds, Alexander Koenig Research Institute and Museum of Zoology, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113, Bonn, Germany

    Karl-L. Schuchmann

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García-Moreno, J., Fjeldså, J. & Schuchmann, KL. Kommentare. J Ornithol 141, 203–206 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01651911

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