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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.

Buij, R., Cavaillès, S. and Mullié, W.C. 2013. Breeding biology and diet of the African Swallow-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) in Senegal and Cameroon. Journal of Raptor Research 47(1): 41-53.

del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1994. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 2: New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Ferguson-Lees, J. and Christie, D.A. 2001. Raptors of the World. Christopher Helm, London.

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

Kemp, A. C., Kirwan, G. M. and Marks, J.S. 2020. Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sctkit1.01. (Accessed: 26/03/ 2021).

Pilard, P., Lelong, V., Sonko, A. and Riols, C. 2011. Suivi et conservation du dortoir de rapaces insectivores (Faucon crécerellette Falco naumanni et Élanion naucler Chelictinia riocourii) de l'île de Kousmar (Kaolack / Sénégal). Alauda 79(4): 295-312.

Thiollay, J.-M. 2006. The decline of raptors in West Africa: long-term assessment and the role of protected areas. Ibis 148: 240-254.

Thiollay, J.M. 2001. Long-term changes of raptor populations in northern Cameroon. Journal of Raptor Research 35: 173-186.

Walther, B. A. 2016. A review of recent ecological changes in the Sahel, with particular reference to land-use change, plants, birds and mammals. African Journal of Ecology 54: 268-280.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/scissor-tailed-kite-chelictinia-riocourii 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.