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Di Vittorio, M., E. Di Trapani, S. Cacopardi, G. Rannisi, A. Falci, A. Ciaccio, A. Sarto, S. Merlino, M. Zafarana, S. Grenci, G. Salvo, M. Lo Valvo, A. Scuderi, L. Murabito, G. La Grua, G. Cortone, N. Patti, L. Luiselli & P. López-López. 2017. Population size and breeding performance of the Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus in Sicily: conservation implications. Bird Study 64(3): 339-343.
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Global Raptor Information Network. 2015. Species account: Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus. Available at: http://www.globalraptors.org/grin/SpeciesResults.asp?specID=8229. (Accessed: 09/07/2015).
Gustin, M., Palumbo, G. and Corso, A. 2000. International Action Plan for the Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus. BirdLife International.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Keller, V., Herrando, S., Voříšek, P., Franch, M., Kipson, M., Milanesi, P., Martí, D., Anton, M., Klvaňová, A., Kalyakin, M.V., Bauer, H.-G. and Foppen, R.P.B. 2020. European Breeding Bird Atlas 2: Distribution, Abundance and Change. European Bird Census Council & Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Kemp, A.C. 1994. Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus. Downloaded from
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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 26/12/2024.