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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.

Collar, N. J. & Butchart, S. H. M. 2013. Conservation breeding and avian diversity: Chances and challenges. International Zoo Yearbook 48(1): 7-28.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).

JiJi Press. 2016. Japan to Set Up New National Park in Okinawa. Available at: http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/115471.php.

Kobayashi, S., Morita, Y., Nakaya, Y., Nagamine, T., Onuma, M., Okano, T., Haga, A., Yamamoto, I., Higa, M., Naruse, T., Nakamura, Y., Denda, T., Izawa, M. 2018. Dietary habits of the endangered Okinawa Rail. Ornithological Science 17(1): 19-35.

Kotaka, N., Nakata, K., Miyamoto, A., and Yagihashi, T. 2020. Recovery Trends of Three Endemic Bird Species in the Nominated World Natural Heritage Site "Northern Part of Okinawa Island". BOU Conference Abstract.

Kotaka, N.; Sawashi, Y. 2004. The Road-kill of the Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae. Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 35: 134-143.

Ozaki, K.; Komeda, S.; Baba, T.; Toguchi, Y.; Harato, T. 2006. Declining distribution of the Okinawa Rail: impact of introduced predators. Journal of Ornithology 147(5): 103-104.

Ozaki, K.; Yamamoto, Y.; Yamagishi, S. 2010. Genetic diversity and phylogeny of the endangered Okinawa Rail, Gallirallus okinawae. Genes & Genetic Systems 85: 55-63.

Shimpo, R. 2011. Growing number of Okinawa rails killed by automobiles. Available at: http://english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2011/07/12/1739/.

Taylor, B., and Sharpe, C. J. 2020. Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae), version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana (eds), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Okinawa Rail Hypotaenidia okinawae. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/okinawa-rail-hypotaenidia-okinawae on 25/11/2024.
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 25/11/2024.