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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.

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Knutson, T.R., McBride, J.L., Chan, J., Emanuel, K., Holland, G., Landsea, C., Held, I., Kossin, J.P., Srivastava, A.K. and Sugi, M. 2010. Tropical cyclones and climate change. Nature Geoscience 3: 157-163.

McGuire, J.A., Witt, C.C. Remsen, J. V. Jr., Corl, A. Rabosky, D. L., Altshuler, D. L. and Dudley., R. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds. Current Biology 24: 1-7.

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Schuchmann, K.L., Boesman, P.F.D. 2021. Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor), version 1.1. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.blhhum1.01.1.

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Walsh, K.J., McBride, J.L., Klotzbach, P.J., Balachandran, S., Camargo, S.J., Holland, G., Knutson, T.R., Kossin, J.P., Lee, T.-c., Sobel, A. and Sugi, M. 2016. Tropical cyclones and climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 7(1): 65-89.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/blue-headed-hummingbird-riccordia-bicolor 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.