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01 July 1991 Comments Main paper From its general demeanour, this mystery bird (plate 128, repeated here) must be a partridge. The striking head-and-neck pattern further points to one of the Alectoris partridges. This narrows the choice in the Western Palearctic to four. T h...

Identification of Soft-plumaged Petrel

01 July 1991 Comments Main paper Soft-plumaged Petrels Pterodroma mollis are medium-sized gadfly-petrels found in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, the southern Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. Despite their apparently extensive range, the known bree...

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Identification of Soft-plumaged Petrel

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