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Beintema, A. J. 1997. The Island Cock of Tristan da Cunha. Available at: http://www.beintema.com/moorhen.html.

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.

Cuthbert, R. and Sommer, S. E. 2004. Gough Island bird monitoring manual. RSPB Research Report.

Dagleish, M.P., Ryan, P.G., Girling, S., Ghazali, M., and Bond, A.L. 2017. Clinical Pathology of the Vulnerable Gough Moorhen (Gallinula comeri). Journal of Comparative Pathology 157(4): 246-255.

Groenenberg, D. S. J.; Beintema, A. J.; Dekker, R. W. R. J.; Gittenberger, E. 2008. Ancient DNA elucidates the controversy about the flightless island hens (Gallinula sp.) of Tristan da Cunha. PLoS ONE 3(3): e1835.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Nicoll, M. J. 1906. Mr M J Nicoll on the birds collected and observed during the voyage of the Valhalla, RYS, from November 1905 to May 1906. Ibis: 666-712.

Rexer-Huber, K.; Parker, G. C. 2011. Captive husbandry of the Gough Island bunting and moorhen. RSPB Research Report 42.. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, UK.

Richardson, M. E. 1984. Aspects of the ornithology of the Tristan da Cunha group and Gough Island, 1972-1974. Cormorant 12: 123-201.

Torr, N.; Golding, C. and Cuthbert, R.[J.]. 2010. Preliminary operational plan for eradicating House Mice from Gough Island. Version 1.0.

Wanless, R. M.; Wilson, J. W. 2007. Predatory behaviour of the Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri: conservation implications. Ardea 95(2): 311-315.

Watkins, B. P.; Furness, R. W. 1986. Population status, breeding and conservation of the Gough Moorhen. Ostrich 57: 32-36.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Gough Island Moorhen Gallinula comeri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/gough-island-moorhen-gallinula-comeri on 27/11/2024.
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 27/11/2024.