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Cooper, T. R. 2008. King Rail (Rallus elegans) Conservation Plan, Version 1. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Selling, MN, USA.
del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.
Environment Canada. 2012. Recovery Strategy for the King Rail (Rallus elegans) in Canada. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment Canada, Ottawa.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Longcore, T.; Rich, C.; Mineau, P.; MacDonald, B.; Bert, D. G.; Sullivan, L. M.; Mutrie, E.; Gauthreaux Jr, S. A.; Avery, M. L.; Crawford, R. L.; Manville II, A. M. 2013. Avian mortality at communication towers in the United States and Canada: which species, how many, and where? Biological Conservation 158: 410-419.
Maley, J. M.; Liu, T. M.; Tsai, W. L.; McCormack, J. E. 2016. Molecular identification of a mystery rail from Panama results in the first country record of King Rail Rallus elegans. Bulletin of the British Ornithologist's Club 136(4): 291-293.
Meehan, T. D.; LeBaron, G. S.; Dale, K.; Michel, N. L.; Verutes, G. M.; Langham, G. M. 2018. Abundance trends of birds wintering in the USA and Canada, from Audubon Christmas Bird Counts, 1966-2017, version 2.1. New York, New York, USA
Pardieck, K. L.; Ziolkowski Jr., D. J.; Lutmerding, M.; Hudson, M. A. R. 2018. North American Breeding Bird Survey Dataset 1966 - 2017, version 2017.0. U.S. Geological Survey, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Available at: https://doi.org/10.5066/F76972V8.
Partners in Flight. 2020. Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2020. Available at: http://pif.birdconservancy.org/ACAD.
Pickens, B. A.; Meanley, B. 2020. King Rail (Rallus elegans), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.kinrai4.01.
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: King Rail Rallus elegans. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/king-rail-rallus-elegans on 20/12/2024.
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 20/12/2024.