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Barbet-Massin M, Jiguet F. 2011. Back from a Predicted Climatic Extinction of an Island Endemic: A Future for the Corsican Nuthatch. PLoS ONE 6(3).

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.

BirdLife International. 2021. European Red List of Birds. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Bourcet, J. 1996. Aperçu sur deux siècles d’histoire forestière en Corse. Revue forestière française 48(6): 563-580.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D. 2008. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 13: Penduline-tits to Shrikes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Guy, S., Muracciole, S., Polifroni, P. 2017. Plan national d’actions en faveur de la Sittelle corse Sitta whiteheadi 2017-2026. Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Energie et de la Mer, La Défense, Paris, France.

Harrap, S., de Juana, E., Sharpe, C. J. 2020. Corsican Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.cornut1.01.

IUCN. 2011. Addendum. Actualisation du statut de la Sittelle corse. UICN.

IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).

Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Energie et de la Mer. 2016. Plan national d’actions Sittelle corse.

Moneglia, P., Besnard, A., Thibault, J.-C., Beck, N. and Prodon, R. 2009. Conséquences du feu sur l’effectif de deux populations de sittelle corse. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Historiques de la Corse 726-727: 7-16.

Office national des Forêts. 2006. Contribution à la conduite des peuplements de pin laricio et habitats associés. Pierron-Sarreguemines : Office national des Forêts.

Pimont, F., Prodon, R. and Rigolot, E. 2011. Comparison of postfire mortality in endemic Corsican black pine (Pinus nigra ssp. laricio) and its direct competitor (Pinus pinaster). Annals of Forest Science 68: 425-432.

Seguin, J-C., Torre, F., Villard, P., Recorbet, B., Thibault, J-C. 2017. Nouveau déclin de la répartition de la Sittelle corse Sitta whiteheadi. Ornithos 24(6): 323-334.

Thibault, J-C., Hacquemand, D., Moneglia, P., Pellegrini, H., Prodon, R., Recorbet, B., Seguin, J-F. and Villard, P. 2011. Distribution and population size of the Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi. Bird Conservation International 21: 199-206.

Thibault, J. C., Seguin, J. F., Torre, F., Cibois, A. 2019. The Corsican Nuthatch, an endemic threatened bird. Aluada 87(1): 71-84.

Thibault, J. C., Seguin, J. F., Villard, P. and Prodon, R. 2002. Le pin Laricio (Pinus nigra laricio) est-il une espèce clé pour la Sittelle Corse (Sitta whiteheadi)? Revue d'écologie 57: 329-341.

Thibault, J.-C. and Bonaccorsi, G. 1999. The birds of Corsica. British Ornithologists' Union, Tring.

Thibault, J.-C., Prodon, R. and Moneglia, P. 2004. Impact des incendies de l’été 2000 sur l’effectif d’une espèce endémique menacée: la Sittelle corse (Sitta whiteheadi). Ecologia mediterranea 30: 63-71.

Thibault, J.C., Prodon, R., Villard, P. and Seguin, J.F. 2006. Habitat requirements and foraging behaviour of the Corsican nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi. Journal of Avian Biology 37(5): 477-486.

Torre, F. 2014. Contribution à une sylviculture du pin laricio (Pinus nigra subsp. laricio, Maire) compatible avec la conservation de la sittelle corse (Sitta whiteheadi, Sharpe 1884). Montpellier. Mémoire, Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Available at: https://hal-ephe.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01492160/.

Villard, P., Besnard, A., Thibault, J.C., Recorbet, B. and Prodon, R. 2014. Selection of mature and old stands by Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi in harvested forests. Ibis 156(1): 132-140.

Detailed species account from Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status (BirdLife International 2004)

Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/corsican-nuthatch-sitta-whiteheadi on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.