Asir Magpie (Pica asirensis) - BirdLife species factsheet

Asir Magpie Pica asirensis

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References

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Babbington, J. 2016. Update on the status and occurrence of Arabian Magpie Pica pica asirensis in Saudi Arabia. Sandgrouse 38(2): 146-151.

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, 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.

Boland, C. R. J. and Burwell, B. O. 2020. Habitat modelling reveals extreme habitat fragmentation in the endangered and declining Asir Magpie, Pica asirensis, Saudi Arabia’s only endemic bird (Aves: Passeriformes) . Zoology in the Middle East 66(4): 238-294.

Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.

Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Crick, H.Q.P. and Sparks, T.H. 1999. Climate change related to egg-laying trends. Nature 399: 423-424.

Crick, H.Q.P., Dudley, C., Glue, D.E. and Thomson, D.L. 1997. UK birds are laying earlier. Nature 388: 526.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E. and Stenseth, N.C. 1998. Breeding phenology and climate. Nature 391: 29-30.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1993. A supplement to 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Symes, A., Taylor, J., Mallon, D., Porter, R., Simms, C. and Budd, K. 2015. The Conservation Status and Distribution of the Breeding Birds of the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Asir Magpie Pica asirensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/asir-magpie-pica-asirensis 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.