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First Record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand

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Worthy, Trevor H., Tennyson, Alan J. D., Archer, Michael, Scofield, R. Paul (2010): First Record of Palaelodus (Aves: Phoenicopteriformes) from New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 62 (1): 77-88, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1545

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