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Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in Peninsular Malaysia: urban winter roost counts after 50 years, and dietary segregation from house-farmed swiftlets Aerodramus sp.

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Mansor, Mohammad Saiful, Halim, Muhammad Rasul Abdullah, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Ramli, Rosli, Cranbrook, Earl of (2020): Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in Peninsular Malaysia: urban winter roost counts after 50 years, and dietary segregation from house-farmed swiftlets Aerodramus sp. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68: 238-248, DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0021

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