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Baptista, L. F.; Trail, P. W.; Horblit, H. M. 1997. Family Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves). In: del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. (ed.), Handbook of the birds of the world v.4, pp. 60-243. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

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.

Holyoak, D. T.; Thibault, J. -C. 1984. Contribution à l'étude des oiseaux de Polynésie orientale. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Serie A: Zoologie 127: 1-209.

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

Lapiedra, O., Sol, D., Carranza, S. and Beaulieu, J. M. 2013. Behavioral changes, ecological niches and adaptive diversification in pigeons and doves. Proc. R. Soc. B. 280: 20122893.

McCormack, G. 1997. Cook Islands: an oceanic oasis. World Birdwatch 19: 13-16.

McCormack, G. 2007. Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Rarotonga Available at: http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.

Pratt, H. D.; Bruner, P. L.; Berrett, D. G. 1987. A field guide to the birds of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Steadman, D. W. 1989. Extinctions of birds in Eastern Polynesia: a review of the records and comparisons with other Pacific Island Groups. Journal of Archaeological Science 16: 177-205.

Steadman, D. W.; Freifeld, H. B. 1999. The food habits of Polynesian pigeons and doves: a systematic and biogeographic review. Ecotropica 5: 13-33.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Rarotonga Fruit-dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/rarotonga-fruit-dove-ptilinopus-rarotongensis 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.