Sightings of beak abnormalities in House Crow <i>Corvus splendens</i> Vieillot, 1817 around Bhavanisagar Dam, Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India
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Nair Vishnu, C. S., Thirumurugan, V., & Ramesh, C. (2022). Sightings of beak abnormalities in House Crow <i>Corvus splendens</i> Vieillot, 1817 around Bhavanisagar Dam, Sathyamangalam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 119. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2022/v119/166047

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