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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
Cowles, G. S. 1987. The fossil record. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island birds, pp. 90-100. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Hachisuka, M. 1953. The Dodo and kindred birds. Witherby, London.
Hume, J. 2017. Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
Leguat, F. 1708. Voyage et aventures de François Leguat, et de ses compagnons en deux isles desertés des Indes Orientales. J.L. de Lorme, Amsterdam.
Pingré, [A-] G. 1763. Voyage à l'isle Rodrigue. MS 1804, Bibliothèque Ste. Geneviève, Paris [edited & re-arranged version of his diary, MS 1803 (1760-62). Republished 2004. Le Publieur, Paris.
IUCN SSC Heron Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rodrigues Night Heron Nycticorax megacephalus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rodrigues-night-heron-nycticorax-megacephalus on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.