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Atkinson, P.; Peet, N.; Alexander, J. 1991. The status and conservation of the endemic bird species of Sao Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa. Bird Conservation International 1: 255-282.

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.

BirdLife International. 2019. Northern Bald Ibis: baldly leading the way in ibis conservation. Available at: https://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/news/northern-bald-ibis-baldly-leading-way-ibis-conservation. (Accessed: 29/01/2021).

Carvalho, M., Palmeirim, J. M., Rego, F. C., Sole, N., Santana, A., and Fa, J. E. 2014. What motivates hunters to target exotic or endemic species on the island of São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea? Oryx 49(278-286).

Carvalho, M.; Fa, J.E.; Rego, F.C; de Lima, R F.; Santos, G.; Palmeirim, J. M. 2015. Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of endemic pigeons on São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea). Bird Conservation International 25: 71-86.

Christy, P.; Clarke, W.V. 1998. Guide des Oiseaux de Sao Tome et Principe. ECOFAC, Sao Tome.

Coelho, A. I. C. P. 2016. The dispersal of native and introduced seeds by São Tomé forest birds. Universidade de Lisboa.

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

Jones, P. J.; Tye, A. 2006. The birds of São Tomé and Príncipe, with Annobón: Islands of the Gulf of Guinea. British Ornithologists' Union, Oxford.

Oyono, P. R., Morelli, T. L., Sayer, J., Makon, S., Djeukam, R., Hatcher, J., Bigombé, P. 2014. Allocation and use of forest land: Current trends, issues and perspectives. . In: C. de Wasseige, J. Flynn, D. Louppe, F. Hiol Hiol, & P. Mayaux (ed.), The forests of the Congo Basin: State of the forest (2013), pp. 215-240. Weyrich, Neufchâteau, Belgium.

Soares, F.C, Panisi, M., Sampaio, H., Soares, E., Santana, A., Buchanan, G.M., Leal, A.I., Palmeirim, J.M. & de Lima, R.F. 2020. Land-use intensification promotes non-native species in a tropical island bird assemblage. Animal Conservation 23(5): 571-584.

Tracewski, L.; Butchart, S. H. M.; Di Marco, M.; Ficetola, G. F.; Rondinini, C.; Symes, A.; Wheatley, H.; Beresford, A. E. & Buchanan, G. M. 2016. Toward quantification of the impact of 21st-century deforestation on the extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates. Conservation Biology 30(5): 1070-1079.

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