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References
- ↑ "Royal Museum for Central Africa: Ornithology Staff". Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ornithology: Taxonomy and zoogeography of African birds". Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "The Birds of Katanga". Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
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