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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.
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IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Petrozzi, F. 2018. Bushmeat and fetish trade of birds in West Africa: a review. Vie Milieu 68(1): 51-64.
Williams, V. L., Cunningham, A. B., Bruyns, R. K. and Kemp, A. C. 2013. Birds of a Feather: Quantitative Assessments of the Diversity and Levels of Threat to Birds Used in African Traditional Medicine. In: Nobrega, R. R. and Rosa, I. L. (eds), Animals in Traditional Folk Medicine: Implications for Conservation, pp. 383-420. Springer, Berlin.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: African Cuckoo-hawk Aviceda cuculoides. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/african-cuckoo-hawk-aviceda-cuculoides on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.