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First photographic record of a colour aberrant Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis from the Brahmaputra valley of Assam, India Cover

First photographic record of a colour aberrant Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis from the Brahmaputra valley of Assam, India

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|Jun 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2024-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2061-9588 | Journal ISSN: 1215-1610
Language: English
Page range: 238 - 242
Submitted on: Jan 19, 2024
Accepted on: May 1, 2024
Published on: Jun 12, 2024
Published by: MME/BirdLife Hungary
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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