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Kabir, M. T., Chowdhury, S. U., Tareq, O., Alam, A. B. M. S., Ahmed, S., Shahadat, O. & Foysal, M. 2016. New breeding records of riverine birds in Bangladesh. BirdingASIA 26: 39-42.

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Zockler, C., Ngwe Lwin, Thant Zin Tun, Pfutzke, S., Momberg, F., van der Ven, J. and Delany, S. 2020. Surveys of riverine birds along the Ayeyarwady River in 2017-2019 and conservation implications. Forktail 36: 1-15.

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-bellied-tern-sterna-acuticauda on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.