Floreana Mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus) - BirdLife species factsheet

Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus

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References

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Anon. 2008. The reintroduction of the Floreana Mockingbird to its island of origin: Final Report.

Bozzuto, C.; Hoeck, P. E. A.; Bagheri, H. C.; Keller, L. F. 2017. Modelling different reintroduction strategies for the critically endangered Floreana mockingbird. Animal Conservation 20(2): 144-154.

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2007. Charles Darwin Foundation Research Station factsheet: Floreana Mockingbird Nesomimus trifasciatus. Available at: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/files/species/pdf/flor-mock-en.pdf.

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2007. Experts decide how to send the Floreana Mockingbird home. Available at: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/en/newsroom/news-releases/2007-04-05_floreana_mockingbird.

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2008. Action Plan to Save the Floreana Mockingbird of Galapagos.

Charles Darwin Foundation. 2013. Reintroduction of the Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus. Charles Darwin Foundation.

Cody, M. and Sharpe, C.J. 2015. Floreana Mockingbird (Nesomimus trifasciatus ). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Collar, N.J.; Butchart, S.H.M. 2013. Conservation breeding and avian diversity: chances and challenges. International Zoo Yearbook 48(1): 7-28.

Collar, N.J.; Gonzaga, L.P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L.G.; Parker, T.A.; Wege, D.C. 1992. Threatened Birds of the Americas: The ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

Curry, R. L. 1986. Whatever happened to the Floreana Mockingbird? Notícias de Galápagos 43: 13-15.

Curry, R. L.; Grant, P. R. 1991. Galápagos mockingbirds: territorial cooperative breeding in a climatically variable environment. In: Stacey, P.B.; Koenig, W.D. (ed.), Cooperative breeding in birds: long-term studies of ecology and behaviour, pp. 289-332. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

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Harris, M.P. 1973. The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75: 265-278.

Hoeck, P. 2009. Encouraging news from 2009 Floreana Mockingbird survey - The dodo blog, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Available at: http://blog.durrell.org/index.cfm/2009/7/8/Encouraging-news-from-2009-Floreana-Mockingbird-survey.

Hoeck, P.E.A. and Keller, L.F. 2012. Inbreeding, immune defence and ectoparasite load in different mockingbird populations and species in the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 423-434.

Jackson, M. H. 1985. Galapagos: a natural history guide. Calgary University Press, Calgary, Canada.

Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. 2007. Censo del Cucuve de Floreana: Nesomimus trifasciatus 2007.

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Ortiz-Catedral, L. 2012. Reintroduction of the Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora.

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Ortiz-Catedral, L. 2013. Action Plan for the Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus 2012- 2015. Charles Darwin Foundation and Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust.

Ortiz-Catedral, L. 2014. Breeding season diet of the Floreana mockingbird (Mimus trifasciatus), a micro-endemic species from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Notornis 61(4): 196-199.

Ortiz-Catedral, L., Gaona, F., Ramirez, J., Llerena, A., Guilbert, J., Hamner, R. and Ortiz-Catedral, J. 2014. Floreana Mockingbird 2014 Field Season Update.

Steadman, D. W. 1986. Holocene vertebrate fossils from Isla Floreana, Galápagos. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Wiedenfeld, D.A.; Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G.A. 2008. Critical problems for bird conservation in the Galápagos Islands. Cotinga: 22-27.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/floreana-mockingbird-mimus-trifasciatus on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.