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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.
Bradley, R. A. and D. W. Bradley. 1993. Wintering shorebirds increase after kelp (Macrocystis) recovery. Condor 95: 372-376.
Delany, S. and Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
eBird. 2024. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: http://www.ebird.org.
Fink, D., Auer, T., Johnston, A., Strimas-Mackey, M., Ligocki, S., Robinson, O., Hochachka, W., Jeromczyk, L., Crowley, C., Dunham, K., Stillman, A., Davies, I., Rodewald, A., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V. and Wood, C. 2023. eBird Status and Trends, Data Version: 2022. Ithaca, New York. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/ebirdst.2022. (Accessed: 13/02/2024).
Handel, C. M. and R. E. Gill. 2020. Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala), version 1.0. In Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blktur.01.
Hope, D.D., Pekarik, C., Drever, M.C., Smith, P.A., Gratto-Trevor, C., Paquet, J., Aubry, Y., Donaldson, G., Friis, C., Gurney, K., Rausch, J., McKellar, A.E., and Andres, B. 2019. Shorebirds of conservation concern in Canada – 2019. Wader Study 126(2): 88-100.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
Lyons, J.E., Brown, S.C., Saalfeld, S.T., Johnson, J.A., Andres, B.A., Sowl, K.M., Gill, R.E. Jr., McCaffery, B.J., Kidd, L.R., McGarvey, M. and others. 2024. Alaska’s climate sensitive Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta supports seven million Arctic-breeding shorebirds, including the majority of six North American populations. Ornithological Applications 126(2): 1-14.
Meehan, T.D., LeBaron, G.S., Dale, K., Krump, A., Michel, N.L., Wilsey, C.B. 2022. Trends in relative abundance for birds wintering in the continental USA and Canada: Audubon Christmas Bird Counts, 1966-2021, version 4.0. New York, USA. National Audubon Society.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-turnstone-arenaria-melanocephala on 18/12/2024.
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 18/12/2024.