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Bayly, N. and Motombe, F. N. 2004. Final report of an ornithological survey of Mount Cameroon. Wildlife Conservation Society.
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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Djomo, N. E., Sedláček, O., Bayly, N., Albrecht, T., Ferenc, M., Reif, J., Motombi, F. N. and Hořák, D. 2014. Comparison of avian assemblage structures in two upper montane forests of the Cameroon volcanic line: lessons for bird conservation. Biodivers. Conserv. 23: 1469-1484.
Forboseh, P. F., Sunderland, T. C. H., Comiskey, J. A. and Balinga, M. 2011. Tree population dynamics of three altitudinal vegetation communities on Mount Cameroon (1989-2004). J. Mtn. Sci. 8(495-504).
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IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Kah, E. F. 2006. Contribution de la télédétection a l’évaluation de la dynamique des forêts des pentes du Mont Cameroun. DESS, Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon.
Laird, S. A., Awung, G. L., Lysinge, R. J. and Ndive, L. E. 2011. The interweave of people and place: biocultural diversity in migrant and indigenous livelihoods around Mount Cameroon. Internatn. Forest. Rev. 13(275-293).
Mayaka, T., Guetse, F., Chemura, A., Tamungang, R. Hořák, D. 2021. A wake-up call: Playback attraction data link numbers of Mount Cameroon Francolin Pternistis camerunensis to abundance and debarking of red stinkwood Prunus africana. Bird Conservation International: 1-10.
Republic of Cameroon. 1994. Law No. 94/01 of 20 January 1994 to lay down forestry, wildlife and fisheries regulations. Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Sedláček, O., Vokurková, J., Ferenc, M., Djomo, E. N., Albrecht, T. and Hořák, D. 2015. A comparison of point counts with a new acoustic sampling method: a case study of a bird community from the montane forests of Mount Cameroon. Ostrich 86: 213-220.
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IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mount Cameroon Spurfowl Pternistis camerunensis. 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.