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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.

Cheke, A.S. 1987. An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. In: A.W. Diamond (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island Birds, pp. 5–89. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Cheke, A.S. and Hume, J.P. 2008. Lost Land of the Dodo: An ecological history of Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. Bloomsbury / A&C Black & Yale University Press.

Cowles, G. S. 1987. The fossil record. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies of Mascarene Island birds, pp. 90-100. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Hachisuka, M. 1953. The Dodo and kindred birds. Witherby, London.

Hume, J. 2017. Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Hume, J.P., and Winters, R. 2016. Captive birds on Dutch Mauritius: bad-tempered parrots, warty pigeons and notes on other native animals. Historical biology 28(6): 812-822.

Hume, J.P., Martill, D.M., and Dewdney, C. 2004. Dutch diaries and the demise of the dodo. Nature 429(6992): 1.

IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).

Leguat, F. 1708. Voyage et aventures de François Leguat, et de ses compagnons en deux isles desertés des Indes Orientales. J.L. de Lorme, Amsterdam.

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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red Rail Aphanapteryx bonasia. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-rail-aphanapteryx-bonasia 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.