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1493:iNaturalist
1387:Wikispecies
1330:Corythaeola
914:Gill, Frank
417:, southern
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376:Description
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251:grey loerie
247:grey lourie
1619:Categories
1597:Xeno-canto
932:27 October
823:0582608902
783:0623005964
714:2024-08-08
645:References
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386:mousebirds
271:dust bathe
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582:invasives
571:Salvadora
553:Diospyros
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1630:Crinifer
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1372:Wikidata
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1241:Gallirex
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689:1 August
617:Okonjima
592:Breeding
577:Flueggea
565:Ziziphus
526:termites
465:suburban
447:Eswatini
439:Zimbabwe
435:Botswana
419:Tanzania
365:Smith, A
312:Crinifer
303:concolor
278:Taxonomy
187:Crinifer
172:Family:
146:Chordata
142:Phylum:
136:Animalia
122:Domain:
99:IUCN 3.1
1485:2475259
1472:grygab1
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1402:Avibase
1378:Q790622
1154:Tauraco
1142:Species
1118:Turacos
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586:seringa
522:berries
431:Namibia
382:measure
355:Roberts
345:Neumann
331:Clancey
255:kwêvoël
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457:miombo
452:Acacia
423:Malawi
415:Zambia
407:Angola
292:Durban
259:turaco
1563:72105
1506:IRMNG
1467:eBird
1459:6B6F4
1433:88847
1132:Genus
1032:4 May
998:4 May
754:3 May
744:(PDF)
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535:Ficus
307:Latin
267:thorn
253:, or
226:Smith
1545:NCBI
1532:IUCN
1519:ITIS
1498:7238
1480:GBIF
1428:BOLD
1053:ISBN
1034:2016
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