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Aubrecht, G. 2000. The Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866. The history of a bird species: persecuted, missing, rediscovered, protected(?) (including a list of all known specimens and syntypes). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 102B: 23-62.

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.

BirdLife International. In prep.. European Red List of Birds. Deliverable to the European Commission (DG Environment) in 2021 under Service Contract ENV.D.3/SER/2018/0018.

Ceia, R. 2008. Monitorização da população de Priolo. Relatório da acção F6 do Projecto LIFE Priolo. Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, Lisboa.

Ceia, R. S., Ramos, J. A., Heleno, R. H., Hilton, G. M. and Marques, T. A. 2011. Status assessment of the Critically Endangered Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina. Bird Conservation International 21: 477-489.

Ceia, R.; Heleno, R.; Ramos, J. A. 2009. Summer abundance and ecological distribution of passerines in native and exotic forests in São Miguel, Azores. Ardeola 56(1): 25-39.

Ceia, R.S., Sampaio, H.L., Parejo, S.H., Heleno, R.H., Arosa, M.L., Ramos, J.A. and Hilton, G.M. 2011. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: does laurel forest restoration remove a critical winter food supply for the critically endangered Azores bullfinch? Biological Invasions 13: 93-104.

Clement, P. and Christie, D.A. 2013. Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

LIFE Priolo Project. 2007. Priolo: an endangered species, a threatened habitat.

Monticelli, D.; Ceia, R.; Heleno, R.; Laborda, H.; Timóteo, S.; Jareño, D.; Hilton, G. M.; Ramos, J. A. 2010. High survival rate of a critically endangered species, the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina, as a contribution to population recovery. Journal of Ornithology 151(3): 627-636.

Ramos, J. 1995. The diet of the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina and floristic variation within its range. Biological Conservation 71: 237-249.

Ramos, J. A. 1996. Action plan for the Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina). In: Heredia, B.; Rose, L.; Painter, M. (ed.), Globally threatened birds in Europe: action plans, pp. 347-352. Council of Europe and BirdLife International, Strasbourg.

Ramos, J. A. 1996. Introduction of exotic tree species as a threat to the Azores Bullfinch population. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 710-722.

Ramos, J.; Farragola, A. J.; Hilton, G. 2005. Priolo census data analysis 1991-2005: preliminary report on action F6 of Project LIFE/Priolo, LIFE NAT/P/000013.

SPEA. 2009. Species Guardian Action Update February 2009: Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina 1st Progress report. Available at: http://www.birdlife.org/extinction/pdfs/Azores_Bullfinch_Guardian_update_Feb09.pdf.

Teodósio J.; Ceia, R.; Costa, L. 2009. Species Action Plan for the Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina in the European Union. 19. Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/conservation/wildbirds/action_plans/docs/pyrrhula_murina.pdf.

Teodósio, J. 2005. O Priolo e a Flor de Laranjeira. Pardela 24: 8-9.

Teodósio, J. 2006. Monitorização uma ferramenta essencial. Pardela: 8-9.

van Rijswijk, C. 2014. Azores Bullfinches. Available at: https://www.birdshooting.nl/en/blog-en/157-azoren-goudvink.

Action Plan

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

Management Plan

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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 24/11/2024.