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Barnes, K.N. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Harrison, P. 1985. Seabirds: an identification guide. Christopher Helm, London.

Jouventin, P.; Stahl, J. -C.; Weimerskirch, H. 1988. La conservation des oiseaux des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises. In: Thibault, J.-C.; Guyot, I. (ed.), Livre rouge des oiseaux menacés des régions françaises d'Outre-Mer, pp. 225-251. Conseil International pour la Protection des Oiseaux, Saint-Cloud, France.

Ryan, P. G.; Cooper, J.; Dyer, B. M.; Underhill, L. G.; Crawford, R. J. M.; Bester, M. N. 2003. Counts of surface-nesting seabirds breeding at Prince Edward Island, Summer 2001/02. African Journal of Marine Science 25(1): 441-451.

Ryan, P.G., Whittington, P.A. and Crawford, R.J.M. 2009. A tale of two islands: contrasting fortunes for Subantarctic skuas at the Prince Edward Islands. African Journal of Marine Science 31: 431-437.

Sagar, P. M. 1991. Aspects of the breeding and feeding of the Kerguelean and Antarctic Terns at the Kerguelean Islands. Notornis 38: 191-198.

Taylor, M.R.; Wanless, R.M. 2015. Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata. In: Taylor, M.R.; Peacock, F.; Wanless, R.M. (ed.), The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of Southern Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.

Weimerskirch, H.; Stahl, J. -C. 1988. The breeding and feeding ecology of the Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata. Ornis Scandinavica 19: 199-204.

Whittington, P. A.; Crawford, R. J. M.; Dyer, B. M.; Ryan, P. G. 2009. Estimates of numbers of Kelp Gulls and Kerguelen and Antarctic Terms breeding at the Prince Edward Islands, 1996/1997 - 2008/2009. African Journal of Marine Science 31(3): 439-444.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/kerguelen-tern-sterna-virgata 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.