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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.
Bulgarella, M.; Quiroga, M. A.; Heimpel, G. E. 2019. Additive negative effects of Philornis nest parasitism on small and declining Neotropical bird populations. Bird Conservation International 29: 339-360.
Carmi, O.; Witt, C.C.; Jaramillo, A.; Dumbacher, J.P. 2016. Phylogeography of the Vermilion Flycatcher species complex: multiple speciation events, shifts in migratory behavior, and an apparent extinction of a Galápagos-endemic bird species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102: 152-173.
CDRS Landbird Project. 2023. Population status of Little Vermilion Flycatcher (VFly) on Galápagos. A summary of surveys 2015-2022. Unpublished report.
Dvorak, M., Nemeth, E., Wendelin, B., Birgit Fessl, B. 2021. More extinctions on the Galápagos Islands? An unsuccessful search for 4 landbirds on Floreana. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 133 (3): 514–518.
Freile, J.F., Santander G.T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Guevara, E.A., Sánchez-Nivicela, M. and Tinoco, B.A. 2019. Lista roja de las aves del Ecuador. Ministerio del Ambiente, Aves y Conservación, Comité Ecuatoriano de Registros Ornitológicos, Fundación Charles Darwin, Universidad del Azuay, Red Aves Ecuador, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Heinzel, H.; Hall, B. 2000. Galápagos diary: a complete guide to the archipelago's birdlife. Christopher Helm, London.
IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).
Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G.; Wiedenfeld, D.; Valle, C. A.; Vargas, H.; Piedrahita, P.; Muñoz-Abril, L. J.; Alava, J. J. 2019. Threats and vision for the conservation of Galápagos birds. The Open Ornithology Journal 12: 1-15.
Merlen, G. 2013. Gone, gone…Going: The fate of vermilion flycatchers on Darwin’s Islands. Galapagos Report 2011-2012, pp. 180-188. GNPS, GCREG, CDF and GC, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Mosquera, D., Fessl, B., Anchundia, D., Heyer, E., Leuba, C., Nemeth, E., Rojas, M. L., Sevilla, C., Tebbich, S. 2022. The invasive parasitic fly Philornis downsi is threatening Little Vermilion Flycatcher on the Galápagos Islands. Avian Conservation and Ecology 17(1): 6.
Ridgely, R.S. 2002. Unpublished data.
Wiedenfeld, D. A. 2006. Aves, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2: 1-27.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Little Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus. 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 25/11/2024.