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Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa
- 1. Research Associate, FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa. wrjdean01@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6541-3565 & Wolwekraal Conservation and Research Organisation, P. O. Box 47, Prince Albert 6930, South Africa. & South African Environmental Observation Network, Arid Lands Node, Kimberley, South Africa.
- 2. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Zoology, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Dean, W. Richard J., Åhlander, Erik, Johansson, Ulf S. (2022): Avian type localities and the type specimens collected by Johan August Wahlberg in southern Africa. Zootaxa 5134 (4): 521-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5134.4.3
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