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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.
Butler, D. 2012. Report on the birds of upland Savai'i. In: Atherton, J. and Jeffries, B. (eds), Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of upland Savai'i, Samoa. SPREP, Apia, Samoa.
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Elmqvist, T., Rainey, W.E., Pierson, E.D. and Cox, P.A. 1994. Effects of tropical cyclones Ofa and Val on the structure of a Samoan lowland rain forest. Biotropica 26: 384-391.
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MNRE. 2006. Recovery plan for the Ma'oma'o or Mao (Gymnomyza samoensis) Samoa's largest forest honeyeater: 2006-2016 . Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment, Apia, Samoa.
O'Brien, M. and Masibalavu, V. 2017. Report on the survey of birds of the Falealupo Peninsula Coastal Rainforest, Central Savai’i Rainforest and Uafato-Ti’avea Coastal Rainforest. Rapid Biodiversity Assessment of Key Biodiversity Areas: Falealupo Peninsula Coastal Rainforest, Central Savaii Rainforest, and Uafato-Tiavea Coastal Rainforest, Samoa. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Conservation International Pacific Islands Programme, Apia, Samoa.
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Stirnemann, R. 2015. Ecology and drivers of decline in a tropical island honeyeater: the Ma'oma'o (Doctoral dissertation, Massey University). Massey University.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2021. Mao (Gymnomyza samoensis) 5-Year Review Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mao Gymnomyza samoensis. 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 23/12/2024.