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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.

Bond, R. E.; Convey, P.; Sharpe, C. J.; Varey, A. 1989. Cambridge Columbus zoological expedition to Venezuela 1988. University of Cambridge , Cambridge, UK.

Evans, K.; King, R.; Calvert, N.; Brunton, D.; Jolles, A. 1994. Paria Peninsula '94: Final Report. An Oxford University Ornithological Expedition to Venezuela.

Global Forest Watch. 2022. Interactive Forest Change Mapping Tool. Available at: http://www.globalforestwatch.org/.

Hansen, M.C., Potapov, P.V., Moore, R., Hancher, M., Turubanova, S.A., Tyukavina, A., Thau, D., Stehman, S.V., Goetz, S.J., Loveland, T.R., Kommareddy, A., Egorov, A., Chini, L., Justice, C.O. and Townshend, J.R.G. 2013. High-resolution global maps of 21st-century forest cover change. Science 342: 850-853.

Heynen, I., Züchner, T., de Juana, E., Boesman, P. F. D., Sharpe, C. J. 2020. Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.scthum1.01.

IUCN. 2023. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2023).

Rodríguez, J. P.; Rojas-Suárez, F. 1995. Libro Rojo de la fauna Venezolana. Provita, Caracas.

Rodríguez, J. P.; Rojas-Suárez, F.; Sharpe, C.J. 2004. Setting priorities for the conservation of Venezuela’s threatened birds. Oryx 38(4): 373–382.

Şekercioğlu, Ç.; Primack, R.B.; Wormworth, J. 2012. The effects of climate change on tropical birds. Biological Conservation 148: 1-18.

Sharpe, C.J. 2015. Colibrí tijereta Hylonympha macrocerca. In: Rodríguez, J.P., García-Rawlins, A. and Rojas-Suárez, F. (eds), Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Cuarta edición, Provita & Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela.

Detailed species account from the Threatened birds of the Americas: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 1992). Please note, taxonomic treatment and IUCN Red List category may have changed since publication.

Recuento detallado de la especie tomado del libro Aves Amenazadas de las Americas, Libro Rojo de BirdLife International (BirdLife International 1992). Nota: la taxonomoía y la categoría de la Lista Roja de la UICN pudo haber cambiado desde esta publicación.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scissor-tailed Hummingbird Hylonympha macrocerca. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scissor-tailed-hummingbird-hylonympha-macrocerca 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.