References

Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasitus
Cotonou, Southern Benin, 13 November 2011
Photo: Bruno Portier

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Links

The Malimbus website provides free of charge the full text of papers, notes, reports and reviews about the birds of this country that have appeared in the journal prior to the last three years. There are at least ten such articles for most West African countries, and as many as 90 for some. For more recent articles, you can find summaries and abstracts on the site.

Last page update 25th April 2012