The Illustrated Guide to Ducks and Geese and Other Domestic Fowl: How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them

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Distribution: An introduced species, the main population is in the south, central and eastern areas of England, but there are small numbers in northern England, Wales and Scotland. Mayr G, De Pietri VL, Scofield RP, Worthy TH (2018) On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al 2017 – neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere. Cretaceous Res 86:178–185 Gupta J, Singh A, Churchil RR, Singh BP, Sharma D (2005) Genetic divergence between red jungle fowl and other domesticated poultry species using 12S rRNA gene polymorphism. Indian J Anim Genet Breed 26(1–2):26–30

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