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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., ?ekercio?lu, 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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Gaze, P.D. 2013 [updated 2022]. Rock wren. In: Miskelly, C.M. (ed.), New Zealand Birds Online. www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz.

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Higgins, P. J.; Peter, J. M.; Steele, W. K. 2001. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds: Tyrant-flycatchers to Chats. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 08 December 2022).

Little, L., King, C.M. O’Donnell, C.F. 2017. Behaviour of stoats (Mustela erminea) raiding the nests of rock wrens (Xenicus gilviventris) in alpine New Zealand. Notornis 64(3): 124-135.

Michelsen-Heath, S. 1989. The breeding biology of the Rock Wren, Xenicus gilviventris, in the Murchison Mountains, Fjordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand. Thesis. MSc, University of Otago, Dunedin.

Michelsen-Heath, S.; Gaze, P. 2007. Changes in abundance and distribution of the Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris) in the South Island, New Zealand. Notornis 54(2): 71-78.

O’Donnell, C.F., Weston, K.A. and Monks, J.M. 2017. Impacts of introduced mammalian predators on New Zealand’s alpine fauna. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 41(1): 1-22.

Rawlence, T.E. 2019. The efficacy of aerial 1080 poison applied on a landscape scale to control alpine predators and the reproductive response of rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris). University of Otago.

Robertson, H. A., Baird, K., Dowding, J. E., Elliott, G. P., Hitchmough, R. A., Miskelly, C. M., McArthur, N., O’Donnell, C. F. J., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P. & Taylor, G. A. 2017. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2016. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 19. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Robertson, H. A., Dowding, J. E., Elliott, G., Hitchmough, R., Miskelly, C., O'Donnell, C. F., Powlesland, R., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P. and Taylor, G. A. 2013. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 4. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robertson, H.A., Baird, K.A., Elliott, G.P., Rodney, A., Hitchmough, N.J., Makan, T.D., Miskelly, C.M., O'Donnell, C.F.J., Sagar, P.M., Scofield, R.P., Taylor, G.A., Michel, P. 2021. Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robertson, H.A.; Dowding, J.E.; Elliott, G.P.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Miskelly, C.M.; O’Donnell, C.F.J.; Powlesland, R.G.; Sagar, P.M.; Scofield, R.P.; Taylor, G.A. 2013. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 4. Department of Conservation, Wellington. Available at http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/science-and-technical/nztcs4entire.pdf.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1993. A supplement to 'Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World'. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.

Webb. D. 2015. The effect of management on rock wren nesting success. Unpublished MSc Report to University of Otago Zoology Department.

Weston, K. 2006. Post-translocation monitoring of Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris) on Anchor Island.

Weston, K.A. 2014. Conservation Genetics of Alpine Rock Wren (Xenicus giliventris). Thesis submitted to for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Weston, K.A., O'Donnell, C.F., van dam?Bates, P., Monks, J.M. 2018. Control of invasive predators improves breeding success of an endangered alpine passerine. Ibis 160(4): 892-899.

Weston, K.A., Taylor, S.S., Robertson, B.C. 2016. Identifying populations for management: fine-scale population structure in the New Zealand alpine rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris). Conservation genetics 17(3): 691-701.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Zealand Rockwren Xenicus gilviventris. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-zealand-rockwren-xenicus-gilviventris 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.