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Berger, A. J. 1972. Hawaiian birdlife. University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.
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.
Byrd, G. V.; Coleman, R. A.; Shallenberger, R. J.; Arume, C. S. 1985. Notes on the breeding biology of the Hawaiian race of the American Coot. 'Elepaio 45: 57-63.
Engilis, A.; Pratt, T. K. 1993. Status and population trends of Hawaii's native waterbirds, 1977-1987. Wilson Bulletin 105: 142-158.
IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).
Morin, M. P. 1996. Response of a remnant population of endangered waterbirds to avian botulism. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 32: 23-33.
Paxton, E.H., Brinck, K., Henry, A., Siddiqi, A., Rounds, R., Chutz, J. 2021. Distribution and Trends of Endemic Hawaiian Waterbirds. Waterbirds 44(4): 425-437.
Sonsthagen, S.A., Wilson, R.E. and Underwood, J.G. 2018. Interisland genetic structure of two endangered Hawaiian waterbirds: The Hawaiian Coot and Hawaiian Gallinule. The Condor [Ornithological Applicaitons] 120(4): 863-873.
Taylor, B. and van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
Timm, O.E., Giambelluca, T.W., Diaz, H.F. 2015. Statistical downscaling of rainfall changes in Hawai‘i based on the CMIP5 global model projections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120(1): 92-112.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2021. Hawaiian Coot (Fulica alai) 5-year Review Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. Draft revised recovery plan for Hawaiian waterbirds, 2nd draft of 2nd revision. USFWS, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
van Rees, C.B., Elphick, C.S. and Reed, J.M. 2022. Assessing extinction risk, conservation reliance, and down-listing potential for two endangered Hawaiian waterbirds. Avian Conservation & Ecology 17(1): 29.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Draft Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Waterbirds
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/hawaiian-coot-fulica-alai on 23/11/2024.
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 23/11/2024.