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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.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1999. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 5: Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Global Forest Watch. 2016. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool. Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/map/3/15.00/27.00/ALL/grayscale/loss,forestgain?tab=countries-tab&begin=2001-01-01&end=2015-01-01&threshold=30. (Accessed: 2016).

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

Kirwan, G. M. & Collar, N. J. C. 2016. The ‘foremost ornithological mystery of Costa Rica’: Amazilia alfaroana Underwood, 1896. Zootaxa 4189(2): 244-250.

Stiles, F.G.; Skutch, A.F. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY.

Stotz, D.F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Parker, T.A. and Moskovits, D.K. 1996. Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Underwood, C. F. 1896. A lis of birds collected or observed on the lower, southern and south-western slopes of the volcano of Miravalles and on the lower lands extending to Bagaces in Costa Rica, with a few observations on their habits. Ibis: 431-451.

Link to species profile on Search for Lost Birds website

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Guanacaste Hummingbird Amazilia alfaroana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/guanacaste-hummingbird-amazilia-alfaroana on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.