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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.
Cheke, A.S. 1987. An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. In: A.W. Diamond (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island Birds, pp. 5–89. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Cowles, G. S. 1987. The fossil record. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island birds, pp. 90-100. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Hume, J. 2017. Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
Leguat, F. 1708. Voyage et aventures de François Leguat, et de ses compagnons en deux isles desertés des Indes Orientales. J.L. de Lorme, Amsterdam.
IUCN SSC Heron Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mauritius Night Heron Nycticorax mauritianus. Downloaded from
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