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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, 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.

Brook, B. W.; Lim, L.; Harden, R.; Frankham, R. 1997. How secure is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen? A population vaibility analysis using VORTEX. Pacific Conservation Biology: 125-133.

Carlile, N., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Lord Howe Woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 63-65. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Collar, N.J. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2013. Conservation breeding and avian diversity: Chances and challenges. International Zoo Yearbook 48(1): 7-28.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). 2007. Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney.

Frith, C.B. 2013. The Woodhen. A Flightless Island Bird Defying Extinction. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Garnett, S.T. and Crowley, G.M. 2000. The action plan for Australian birds 2000. Environment Australia, Canberra.

Garnett, S.T., Szabo, J.K. and Dutson, G. 2011. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.

Greenway, J. C. 1952. Tricholimnas conditicus is probably a synonym of Tricholimnas sylvestris. Breviora: 1-4.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Lord Howe Island Board. 2009. Draft Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Plan. Lord Howe Island Board, Lord Howe Island.

Lord Howe Island Board. 2016. Woodhen Survey 2016. Lord Howe Island Board. Available at: https://www.lhib.nsw.gov.au/sites/lordhowe/files/public/December%202016.pdf.

Major, R.E., Ewart, K.M., Portelli, P.J., King, A., Tsang, L.R., O'Dwyer, T., Carlile, N., Haselden, C., Bower, H., Alquezar-Planas, D.E., Johnson, R.N., Eldridge, M.D.B. 2021. Islands within islands: genetic structuring at small spatial scales has implications for long-term persistence of a threatened species. Animal Conservation 24: 95-107.

Marchant, S. and Higgins, P.J. 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 2: raptors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

McAllan, I.A.W., Curtis, B.R., Hutton, I., Cooper, R.M. 2004. The birds of the Lord Howe Island Group: a review of records. Australian Field Ornithology 21: 1-82.

Miller, B., Kingston, T. 1980. Lord Howe Island Woodhen Tricholimnas sylvestris. Parks and Wildlife: 17-26.

Miller, B.J., Mullette K.J. 1985. Rehabilitation of an endangered Australian bird: the Lord Howe Island Woodhen Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sclater). Biological Conservation 34: 55-95.

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Approved recovery plan for the Lord Howe Woodhen. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville, NSW.

Olson, S. L. 1992. Requiescat for Tricholimnas conditicius, a rail that never was. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112: 174-179.

Portelli, D., Carlile, N. 2019. Preventing the extinction of the Lord Howe Woodhen (Hypotaenidia sylvestris) through predator eradication and population augmentation. Ornithological Science 18: 169-175.

Taylor, B. and van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lord Howe Woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lord-howe-woodhen-hypotaenidia-sylvestris on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.