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BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.

Carter, H.R.; Ono, K.; Fries, J.N.; Hasegawa, H.; Ueta, M.; Higuchi, H.; Moyer, J.T.; Chan, L.K.O.; De Forest, L.N.; Hasegawa, M.; Van Vliet, G.B. 2002. Status and conservation of the Japanese Murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume) in the Izu Islands, Japan. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 33: 61-87.

Croxall, J.P.; Butchart, S.H.M.; Lascelles, B.; Stattersfield, A.J.; Sullivan, B.; Symes, A.; Taylor, P. 2012. Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: A global assessment. Bird Conservation International 22: 1-34.

Fujita, K. 2008. Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume chicks observed on the coast of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 40(1): 53-55.

Iida, T. 2008. The first confirmation of the non-breeding habitat of Japanese Murrelets Synthliboramphus wumizusume. Ornithological Science 7(2): 163-165.

Kim D.-W., Kang C.-W., Kim H.-J., Kwon Y.-S. & Park J.-Y. 2012. Breeding of the Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume in South Korea. 28: 151–153.

Ono, K. 1993. The Japanese Murrelet: its status and conservation (Unpublished meeting abstracts of the 1993 meeting of the Japan Ornithological Society at Ehime University, Japan). Translated by John Fries..

Otsuki, K. 2013. Historical colony harvesting, at-sea hunting, and local fishing bycatch of the Japanese murrelet at Birojima, Miyazaki-ken, Japan. Pacific Seabirds 40(2): 59-69.

Otsuki, K.: Nakamura, Y. 2016. Current status of Japanese murrelet. Abstract book, Pacific Seabird Group 2016, 43rd Annual Meeting: 109.

Piatt, J.F.; Gould, P.J. 1994. Postbreeding dispersal and drift-net mortality of endangered Japanese Murrelets. The Auk 111: 953-961.

Takeishi, M. 1987. The mass mortality of Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizume on the Koyashima Islet in Fukuoka. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum Natural History: 121-131.

Toyoda, M.; Inagaki, M. 2000. Heavy oil sorption using exfoliated graphite: New application of exfoliated graphite to protect heavy oil pollution. Carbon 38(2): 199-210.

Yamaguchi, N.M.; Iida, T.; Nakamura, Y.; Okabe, H.; Oue, K.; Yamamoto, T.; Higuchi, H. 2016. Seasonal movements of Japanese Murrelets revealed by geolocators. Ornithological Science 15(1): 47-54.

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/japanese-murrelet-synthliboramphus-wumizusume 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.