Whenua Hou Diving Petrel

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Ian Southey
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Whenua Hou Diving Petrel

Postby Ian Southey » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:16 pm

The diving petrels of Codfish Island have been described as a new endemic species and are to be called the Whenua Hou Diving Petrel.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/articl ... ne.0197766

And thanks Johannes for putting this out with open access. It's nice to be able to keep up.

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Re: Whenua Hou Diving Petrel

Postby Neil Fitzgerald » Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:52 pm


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