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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.

Brandt, J.H. 1962. Nests and eggs of the birds of the Truk Islands. The Condor 64(5): 416-437.

eBird. 2023. 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.

Engbring, J.; Ramsey, F. L.; Wildman, V. J. 1990. Micronesian forest bird surveys, the Federated States: Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk, and Yap. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Honolulu.

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

Pyle, P.; Engbring, J. 1988. First described nest and nest site activity of the Truk Greater White-eye Rukia ruki. Micronesica 21(1/2): 281-283.

Space, J.C., Waterhouse, B., Denslow, J.S., Nelson, D. and Mazawa, T.R. 2000. Invasive plant species in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.

SPREP. 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. In: Sherley, G (ed.). SPREP, Apia, Samoa.

SPREP. 2001. Polynesia workshop, Rarotonga, 26-30 April 1999. Priorities and a Draft Avifauna Conservation Strategy for the Pacific Islands Region. In: Sherley, G. (ed.), Bird conservation priorities and a draft avifauna conservation strategy for the Pacific Islands Region, pp. 1-9. South Pacific Regional Environment Program.

van Balen, B. 2020. Truk White-eye (Rukia ruki), version 1.0. Ithaca, New York, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Teardrop White-eye Rukia ruki. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/teardrop-white-eye-rukia-ruki on 22/12/2024.
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 22/12/2024.