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Chionis albus (snowy sheathbill)
Taxonomy
Vaginalis albus was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was recombined as Chionis alba by Del Valle et al. (2002); it was recombined as Chionis albus by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Chionis alba by Del Valle et al. (2002); it was recombined as Chionis albus by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Vaginalis albus Gmelin |
| 2002 | Chionis alba Del Valle et al. |
| 2014 | Chionis albus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Chionis albus Clements et al. |
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Chionis albus Gmelin 1789 [snowy sheathbill]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||