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Awa, T. 2009. Grey-necked Picathartes studies in Cameroon. BirdLife Africa Newsletter 11(3): 19.

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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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Butynski, T. M.; Schaaf, C. D.; Hearn, G. W. 1996. The Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Ostrich 67: 90-93.

Cassidy, R.; Watkins, B.; Cassidy, T. 2010. First record of Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas for Central African Republic. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17(2): 216-217.

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Dowsett-Lemaire, F.; Dowsett, R. J. 1998. Preliminary survey of the fauna (in particular the avifauna) of the reserves of Boumba-Bek and Nki, south-eastern Cameroon.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F.; Dowsett, R. J. 1999. Etudes ornithologiques et mammalogiques dans les Parcs Nationaux de la Bénoué et du Faro (Mars 1999).

Ezealor, A. U., Manu, S. A. and Obot, E. A. 2007. Food and feeding ecology of the rock fowl (sic) Picatthartes (sic) oreas in Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria: a critique. Roan 4(1): 1-7.

French, A. 2006. Rock on: rock islands provide rare habitat for a rare African bird. Wildlife Conservation 109(4): 10-11.

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Mamonekene, V.; Bokandza-Paco, F. L. 2006. Première observation du Picatharte du Cameroun Picathartes oreas au Congo-Brazzaville. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 13: 84-85.

Odewumi, O.S., and Abatcha, M. 2018. Threat to the conservation of Grey Necked Rock-Fowl (Picathartes oreas) in Cross River National Park, Nigeria. J. Appl. Sci. Environ. Manage. 22(4): 525-530.

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Thompson, H.S. 2004. Behaviour of the White-necked Picathartes Picathartes gymnocephalus, at nest sites prior to breeding. Malimbus 26(1-2): 24-30.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-necked-rockfowl-picathartes-oreas on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.