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Andrews, F.W. 1883. Notes on the night parrot. Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 6: 29-30.
Ashby, E. 1924. Notes on extinct or rare Australian birds, with suggestions as to some of the causes of their disappearance. Emu 23: 294-298.
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.
Blyth, J. 1996. Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis Interim Recovery Plan for Western Australia 1996 to 1998. Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth.
Boles, W. E.; Longmore, N. W.; Thompson, M. C. 1994. A recent specimen of the Night Parrot Geopsittacus occidentalis. Emu 94: 37-40.
Davis, R.A., Metcalf, B.M. 2008. The night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) in northern Western Australia: a recent sighting from the Pilbara region. Emu 108: 233-236.
Garnett, S.; Crowley, G.; Duncan, R.; Baker, N.; Doherty, P. 1993. Notes on live Night Parrot sightings in north-western Queensland. Emu 93: 292-296.
Garnett, S.T., Kleinschmidt, M., Jackson, M.V., Zander, K.K., Murphy, S.A. 2016. Social landscape of the night parrot in western Queensland, Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 22: 360-366.
Hamilton, N., Burbidge, A. H., Douglas, T. K., & Gilbert, L. 2017. Piecing the puzzle together: the fate of the Night Parrot nest found in Western Australia by Jackett et al.(2017). Australian Field Ornithology 34: 151-154.
Higgins, P. J. 1999. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds: parrots to dollarbirds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Jackett, N. A., Greatwich, B. R., Swann, G., & Boyle, A. 2017. A nesting record and vocalisations of the Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis from the East Murchison, Western Australia. Australian Field Ornithology 34: 144-150.
Kearney, M. R., Porter, W. P., & Murphy, S. A. 2016. An estimate of the water budget for the endangered night parrot of Australia under recent and future climates. Climate Change Responses 3(1): 14.
Leseberg, N.P., McAllan, I.A.W., Murphy, S.A., Burbidge, A.H., Joseph, L., Parker, S.A., Jackett, N.A., Fuller, R.A., Watson, J.E.M. 2021a. Using anecdotal reports to clarify the distribution and status of a near mythical species: Australia’s Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Emu - Austral Ornithology: DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2021.1927760.
Leseberg, N.P., Murphy, S.A., Burbidge, A.H., Jackett, N.A., Olsen, P., Watson, J.E.M., Garnett, S.T. 2021b. Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 444-447. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Murphy, S. 2018. Fortescue Metals Night Parrot Project: Final report against the approved research plan. Adaptive NRM, Malanda.
Murphy, S. A., Austin, J. J., Murphy, R. K., Silcock, J., Joseph, L., Garnett, S. T., Leseberg, N.P., Watson, J. E. M., & Burbidge, A. H. 2017a. Observations on breeding Night Parrots (Pezoporus occidentalis) in western Queensland. Emu-Austral Ornithology 117(2): 107-113.
Murphy, S. A., Silcock, J., Murphy, R., Reid, J., & Austin, J. J. 2017b. Movements and habitat use of the night parrot Pezoporus occidentalis in south-western Queensland. Austral ecology 42(7): 858-868.
Murphy, S.A., Paltridge, R., Silcock, J., Murphy, R., Kutt, A.S., Read, J. 2018. Understanding and managing the threats to night parrots in south-western Queensland. Emu 118: 135-145.
Murphy. S. 2014. Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis) Research Plan. Report by Fortescue Metals Group. Commonwealth Department of Environment, Canberra.
Olsen, P. 2018. Night Parrot: Australia's Most Elusive Bird. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
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TSSC. 2016. Conservation Advice Pezoporus occidentalis night parrot. Threatened Species Scientific Committee. Commonwealth Department of Environment, Canberra.
Whitlock, F.L. 1924. Journey to central Australia in search of the night parrot. Emu 23: 248-281.
Woinarski, J.C.Z., Stobo-Wilson, A.M., Crawford, H.M., Dawson, S.J., Dickman, C., Doherty, T., Fleming, P.A., Garnett, S.T., Gentle, M., Legge, S.M., Newsome, T., Riley, J., Ritchie, E., Speed, J., Stuart, J-M., Thompson, E.,Turpin, J., Murphy, B.P. 2021. Compounding and complementary carnivores: the menu of Australian bird species eaten by introduced European red foxes Vulpes vulpes and domestic cats Felis catus. Bird Conservation International: 1-17.
Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/night-parrot-pezoporus-occidentalis on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.