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Antos, M. 2014. Northern Plains Grassland Fauna Surveys at Terrick Terrick National Park. July 2013-June 2014 Progress Report. . Parks Victoria, Melbourne.
Antos, M. 2019. Northern Plains Grassland Fauna Surveys at Terrick Terrick National Park. July 2018–June 2019 Progress Report. Parks Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
Baker-Gabb D.J., Benshemesh J.S. and Maher P.N. 1990. A revision of the distribution, status and management of the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus. Emu 90: 161-168.
Baker-Gabb, D. 1990. The biology and management of the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus in NSW. NPWS Species Management Report No. 3. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney.
Baker-Gabb, D. J. 2002. Recovery plan for the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus 2002–2006: conservation of lowland native grassland dependant fauna. Environment Australia, Canberra.
Baker-Gabb, D. J. 2018. Plains-wanderer monitoring and song meter surveys on the Northern Plains in 2018. Unpublished Report. Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Baker-Gabb, D., Antos, M. and Brown G. 2016. Recent decline of the critically endangered Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus), and the application of a simple method for assessing its cause: changes in grassland structure. Ecological Management and Restoration.
Barrett, G.; Silcocks, A.; Barry, S.; Cunningham, R.; Poulter, R. 2003. The new atlas of Australian birds. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, Victoria, Australia.
Bennett, S. 1983. A review of the distribution, status and biology of the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus Gould. Emu 83: 1-11.
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.
Commonwealth of Australia. 2016. National recovery plan for the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Garnett, S.T., Szabo, J.K. and Dutson, G. 2011. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
Harrington G. N.; Maher P. N.; Baker-Gabb D. J. 1998. The biology of the Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus on the Riverine Plain of New South Wales during and after drought. Corella 12: 7-13.
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Johnstone, K., Miller K.K. and Antos, M.J. 2015. Grassland conservation and the Plains-wanderer: A small brown bird makes an effective flagship. Conservation and Society 13: 407-413.
Marchant, S. and Higgins, P.J. 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 2: raptors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Parker, D., Nugent, D., Baker-Gabb. D.G., Antos, M., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus. In: S.T. Garnett & G.B. Baker (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 257-259. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
TSSC. 2015. Approved conservation advice for Pedionomus torquatus (Plains-wanderer). Threatened Species Scientific Committee, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra.
Wilson C.; Ingwersen D.; Parker D. 2014. Review of OEH Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus monitoring data 2001-2014. A report for the Office of Environment and Heritage, NSW. BirdLife Australia, Melbourne.
Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/plains-wanderer-pedionomus-torquatus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.