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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, 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.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

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.

Stiles, F.G., Piacentini, V. de Q., and Remsen, J. V., Jr. 2017a. A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. Zootaxa 4269: 396–412.

Stiles, F.G., Remsen, J. V., Jr., and McGuire, J.A. 2017b.. The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny. Zootaxa 4353: 401-424.

Weller, A.-A. 1999. On types of trochilids in The Natural History Museum, Tring II. Re-evaluation of Erythronota (?) elegans Gould 1860: a presumed extinct species of the genus Chlorostilbon. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119: 197-202.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Caribbean Emerald Riccordia elegans. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/caribbean-emerald-riccordia-elegans on 28/12/2024.
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 28/12/2024.