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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.
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IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).
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Schreiber, B. A.; Schreiber, R. W. 2020. Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), version 1.0. In: Billerman, S. M. (ed.), Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-tailed-tropicbird-phaethon-rubricauda on 04/12/2024.
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 04/12/2024.