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Akçakaya, H.R., Keith, D.A., Burgman, M., Butchart, S.H.M., Hoffmann, M., Regan, H.M., Harrison, I. and Boakes, E. 2017. Inferring extinctions III: a cost-benefit framework for listing extinct species. Biological Conservation 214: 336–342.

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Atkinson, C.T, Lapointe, D. A. 2009. Ecology and pathogenicity of avian malaria and pox. In: Pratt, T. K., Atkinson, C. T., Banko, P. C., Jacobi, J. D., Woodworth B. L. (ed.), Conservation biology of Hawaiian forest birds, pp. 234-252. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Banko, W.E. and Banko, P.C. 2009. Historic decline and extinction. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna, pp. 25-58. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

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.

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Camp, R. J., LaPointe, D. A., Hart, P. J., Sedgwick, D. E., & Canale, L. K. 2019. Large-scale tree mortality from Rapid Ohia Death negatively influences avifauna in lower Puna, Hawaii Island, USA. The Condor 121(2): duz007.

Engilis, Jr., A. 1990. Field notes on native forest birds in the Hanawi Natural Area Reserve, Maui. 'Elepaio 50: 67-72.

Foster, J. T. 2009. The history and impact of introduced birds. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds, pp. 312-330. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).

Keith, D.A., Butchart S.H.M., Regan, H.M., Collen, B., Harrison, I., Solow, A.R. and Burgman, M.A. 2017. Inferring extinctions I: a structured method using information on threats. Biological Conservation 214: 320–327.

Kirch, P. 1982. The impact of the prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian ecosystem. Pacific Science 36: 1-14.

Lapointe D. A., Atkinson C. T. and Jarvi S. I. 2009. Managing disease. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation biology of Hawaiian forest birds, pp. 405-424. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Lepson, J. K. and Freed, L. A. 2020. Maui Akepa (Loxops ochraceus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.akepa3.01.

Lindsey, G. D., Hess, S. C., Campbell III, Earl W. and Sugihara, R. T. 2009. Small mammals as predators and competitors. In: Pratt, T.K., Atkinson, C.T., Banko, P.C., Jacobi, J.D. and Woodworth, B.L. (eds), Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds, pp. 274-292. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

Perkins, R. C. L. 1903. Vertebrata, pt. 4. In: Sharp, D (ed.), Fauna Hawai’iensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, pp. 365-466. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Pratt, H.D. 2010. Family Drepanididae (Hawaiian Honeycreepers). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Christie, D.A. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 15: Weavers to New World Warblers, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Pyle, R.L.; Pyle, P. 2017. The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status. Version 2 (1 January 2017). B.P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.

Reynolds, M.H.; Snetsinger, T.J. 2001. The Hawai'i Rare Bird Search 1994-1996. Studies in Avian Biology 22: 133-143.

Scott, J.M.; Mountainspring, S.; Ramsey, F.L.; Kepler, C.B. 1986. Forest bird communities of the Hawaiian Islands: Their dynamics, ecology, and conservation. Cooper Ornithological Society, California.

Thompson, C.J., Koshkina, V., Burgman, M.A., Butchart, S.H.M. and Stone, L. 2017. Inferring extinctions II: a practical, iterative model based on records and surveys. Biological Conservation 214: 328–335.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2023. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of 21 Species From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Federal Register 88(199): 71644-71682.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Maui Akepa Loxops ochraceus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/maui-akepa-loxops-ochraceus on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.