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Beintema, A. J. 1972. The history of the Island Hen Gallinula nesiotis, the extinct flightless gallinule of Tristan da Cunha. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92: 106-113.
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.
Carmichael, D. 1818: Some account of the island of Tristan da Cunha and its natural productions. Transactions of the Linnean Society London 12: 483-513.
Hume, J. 2017. Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
Sclater, P.L. 1861. [no title]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 209: 260-263.
Sclater, P.L. 1881. Reports on the birds collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger in the Years 1873-1876. Zoology, London.
Taylor, B. and van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tristan Moorhen Gallinula nesiotis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tristan-moorhen-gallinula-nesiotis on 29/12/2024.
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 29/12/2024.