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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.

Chai, P.; Kirwan, G. M. 2020. Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.beehum1.01.

Dalsgaard, B., Carstensen, D.W., Kirkconnell, A., González, A.M.M., García, O.M., Timmermann, A. and Sutherland, W.J. 2012. Floral traits of plants visited by the bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae). Ornitologia Neotropical 23(1): 143-149.

Dinerstein, E., Olson, D.M., Graham, D.J., Webster, A.L., Primm, S.A., Bookbinder, M.P. and Ledec, G. 1995. A Conservation Assessment of the Terrestrial Ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank, Washington, D.C.

eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

Garrido, O. H.; Kirkconnell, A. 2000. Field guide to the birds of Cuba. Comstock / Cornell University Press, Ithaca.

Global Forest Watch. 2021. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool. Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/.

González Alonso, H., Rodríguez, L., Rodríguez, A., Mancina, C.A. and Ramos, I. 2012. Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados de Cuba. Editorial Academia, La Habana.

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

Perera, A.; Rosabal, P. 1986. Las áreas protegidas en Cuba. Silvestres 2: 13-17.

Raffaele, H.; Wiley, J.; Garrido, O.; Keith, A.; Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London.

Stotz, D.F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Parker, T.A. and Moskovits, D.K. 1996. Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bee-hummingbird-mellisuga-helenae on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.