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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.

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.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

Johnsgard, P.A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

Kull, C.A. 2012. Air photo evidence of historical land cover change in the highlands: Wetlands and grasslands give way to crops and woodlots. Madagascar Conservation & Development 7: 144–152.

Langrand, O. 1990. Guide to the birds of Madagascar. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Morris, P.; Hawkins, F. 1998. Birds of Madagascar: a photographic guide. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Razafindrajao, F., Bamford, A.J., Andrianarimisa, A., Bin Aboudou, A.I., and Lewis, R. 2017. Reassessing the conservation outlook for Madagascar’s endemic Anatidae following the creation of new pretected areas. Wildfowl 67: 72-86.

Safford, R. J. 2013. Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla. In: Safford, R. J.; Hawkins, A. F. A. (ed.), The Birds of Africa. Vol. VIII: The Malagasy Region, pp. 408-410. Christopher Helm, London.

Van Gils, J., P. Wiersma, and G. M. Kirwan. 2020. Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Wetlands International. 2002. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, Netherlands.

IUCN SSC Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/madagascar-snipe-gallinago-macrodactyla 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.