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BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
Crivelli, A. J.; Nazirides, T.; Catsadorakis, G.; Hulea, D.; Malakou, M.; Marinov, M.; Shogolev, I. 2000. Status and population development of Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmaeus breeding in the Palearctic. In: Yesou, P.; Sultana, J. (ed.), Monitoring and conservation of birds, mammals and sea turtles in the Mediterranean and Black Seas: Proceedings of the 5th Medmaravis Symposium, Gozo, Malta, 29 September - 3 October 1998, pp. 49-60. Environment Protection Department, Valetta.
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del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A.; Sargatal, J. 1992. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Delany, S.; Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Eken, G.; Magnin, G. 1999. A preliminary biodiversity atlas of the Konya Basin, Central Turkey. Dogal Hayat Koruma Dernegi, Istanbul.
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Johnsgard, P. A. 1993. Cormorants, darters, and pelicans of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Kazantzidis, S.; Nazirides, T. 1999. National Action Plan for the Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), Pallas 1993. WWF/HOS/Society for the Protection of Prespes, Athens.
Nelson, J. B. 2005. Pelicans, cormorants and their relatives. Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Phaethontidae. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.
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Detailed species account from European Red List of Birds (BirdLife International 2015)
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pygmy-cormorant-microcarbo-pygmaeus on 24/11/2024.
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 24/11/2024.