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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.

BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Chakdar, B., Singha, H. and Choudhury, M. R. 2019. Bird community of Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 12(4): 498-507.

Choudhury, A. 2000. The birds of Assam. Gibbon Books and WWF-India, Guwahati, India.

Dahal, B. 2009. Swamp Francolin faces new threat from flooding. World Pheasant Association News: 6.

Dahal, B. R.; McGowan, P. J. K.; Browne, S. J. 2009. An assessment of census techniques, habitat use and threats to Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal. Bird Conservation International 19(2): 137-147.

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eBird. 2024. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

Inskipp, C., Baral, H.S., Phuyal, S., Bhatt, T.R., Khatiwada, M., Inskipp, T., Khatiwada, A., Gurung, S., Singh, P.B., Murray, L., Poudyal, L. and Amin, R. 2016. The Status of Nepal’s Birds: the National Red List series. Zoological Society of London, UK.

Iqubal, P.; McGowan, P. J. K.; Carroll, J. P.; Rahmani, A. 2003. Home range size, habitat use and nesting success of Swamp Francolin Francolinus gularis on agricultural land in northern India. Bird Conservation International 13: 127-138.

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

Kimball, R.T., Hosner, P.A. and Braun, E.L. 2021. A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158: 107091.

Poudyal, L. P., Singh, P. B. and Rai, P. 2023. Countrywide survey of Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis in Nepal. Unpublished report to Oriental Bird Club and the World Pheasant Association.

Rahmani, A. 2016. Conservation of Threatened Grassland Birds of the Brahmaputra Floodplains. Bombay Natural History Society.

Rahmani, A. R., Rahman, A., Imran, M., Sangwan, T., Jha, R. R. S. and Khongsai, N. 2022. Birds of D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh: Summer Surveys. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 48: 687-701.

Rasmussen, P.C. and Anderton, J.C. 2005. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

Shakya, S., Shrestha, A. K. and Kalsi, R. S. 2001. Distribution of the swamp francolin in the terai grasslands of Nepal. In: Woodburn, M. I. A., McGowan, P. J. K., Carroll, J. P., Musavi, A. H. and Zhang, Z. W. (eds), Galliformes 2000, pp. 126-133. King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation and World Pheasant Association, Kathmandu, Nepal and Reading, UK.

Siddiqui, K. U.; Islam, M. A.; Kabir, S.M.H.; Ahmad, M.; Ahmed A.T.A; Rahman, A.K.A.; Haque, E.U.; Ahmed, Z.U.; Begum, Z.N.T.; Hassan, M.A.; Khondker, M.; Rahman, M.M. 2008. Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, vol. 26: birds. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

IUCN SSC Galliformes Specialist Group

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/swamp-francolin-ortygornis-gularis on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.