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Bell, D. 2019. Hurricane Dorian was also a catastrophe for the Bahamas’ unique birds. Available at: https://theconversation.com/hurricane-dorian-was-also-a-catastrophe-for-the-bahamas-unique-birds-123493. (Accessed: 10/08/2020).
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.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N., Sharpe, C.J. & Marks, J.S. 2018. Bahama Nuthatch (Sitta insularis). Barcelona Available at: https://www.hbw.com/node/1343988. (Accessed: 10 July 2018).
Emlen, J. T. 1977. Land bird communities of Grand Bahama Island: the structure and dynamics of an avifauna. American Ornithologists' Union, Tampa, Florida.
Emlen, J.T. 1981. Divergence in the Foraging Responses of Birds on Two Bahama Islands. Ecology 62(2): 89-295.
Hayes, W. K., Barry, R. X., McKenzie, Z. and Barry, P. 2004. Grand Bahama’s brown-headed nuthatch: a distinct and endangered species. Bahamas Journal of Science 12: 21-28.
Hermes, C.; Sessa-Hawkins, M. 2019. After the Storm. Available at: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/after-storm-can-rediscovered-bird-recover. (Accessed: 10/08/2020).
IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).
Lloyd, J. D.; Slater, G. L. 2011. Abundance and distribution of breeding birds in the pine forests of Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 24: 1-9.
Reid, L. 2018. What happened to the Bahama Nuthatch? St. Louis, Missouri, USA Available at: https://mbgecologicalrestoration.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/what-happened-to-the-bahama-nuthatch/. (Accessed: 10 July 2018).
Smith, P. W. and Smith, S. A. 1994. Preliminary assessment of the brown-headed nuthatch in the Bahamas. Bahamas Journal of Science 1: 22-26.
University of East Anglia (UEA). 2018. Bird feared extinct rediscovered in the Bahamas. Available at: https://phys.org/news/2018-08-bird-extinct-rediscovered-bahamas.html#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20rarest%20birds%20in%20the%20western,and%20had%20not%20been%20found%20in%20subsequent%20searches.. (Accessed: 10/08/2020).
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bahama Nuthatch Sitta insularis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bahama-nuthatch-sitta-insularis on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.