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Anon. 2005. Mauritius Fody being released. MWF Newsletter: 2.
Cheke, A. S. 1987. The ecology of the smaller land-birds of Mauritius. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies in Mascarene island birds, pp. 151-207. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Cristinacce, A. 2008. The release of critically endangered Mauritius Fodies Foudia rubra into native lowland forest. MSc, Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia.
Cristinacce, A.; Garrett, L. J. H.; Cole, R. E.; Tatayah, R. V. V.; Jones, C. G. 2010. Nesting success of a managed population of Mauritius Fodies Foudia rubra marooned on a partially restored island. Bird Conservation International 20(4): 365-374.
Cristinacce, A.; Handschuh, M.; Switzer, R. A.; Cole, R. E.; Tatayah, V.; Jones, C. G.; Bell, D. 2009. The release and establishment of Mauritius Fodies Foudia rubra on Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius. Conservation Evidence 6: 1-5.
Cristinacce, A.; Swtitzer, R. A.; Cole, R. E.; Jones, C. G.; Bell, D. J. 2009. Increasing use of exotic forestry tree species as refuges from nest predation by the critically endangered Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra. Oryx 43(1): 97-103.
Garrett, L. J. H.; Jones, C. G.; Cristinacce, A.; Bell, D. J. 2007. Competition or co-existence of reintroduced, critically endangered Mauritius Fodies and invasive Madagascar Fodies in lowland Mauritius? Biological Conservation 140(1-2): 19-28.
Jones, C. G.; Hartley, J. 1995. A conservation project on Mauritius and Rodrigues: an overview and bibliography. Dodo: Journal of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust 31: 40-65.
Nichols, R. K.; Phillips, P.; Jones, C. G.; Woolaver, L. G. 2002. Status of the critically endangered Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra in 2001. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 9(2): 95-100.
Safford, R. J. 1997. Distribution studies on the forest-living native passerines of Mauritius. Biological Conservation 80: 189-198.
Safford, R. J. 1997. Nesting success of the Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra in relation to its use of exotic trees as nest sites. Ibis 139: 555-559.
Safford, R. J. 1997. The annual cycle and breeding behaviour of the Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra. Ostrich 68(2-4): 58-67.
Safford, R. J. 1997. The destruction of source and sink habitats in the decline of the Mauritius Fody, Foudia rubra, an island-endemic bird. Biodiversity and Conservation 6(4): 513-527.
Safford, R. J. 2013. Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra. In: Safford, R. J.; Hawkins, A. F. A. (ed.), The Birds of Africa. Volume VIII: The Malagasy Region, pp. 882-886. Christopher Helm, London.
Safford, R. J.; Jones, C. G. 1998. Strategies for land-bird conservation on Mauritius. Conservation Biology 12: 169-176.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra. Downloaded from
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