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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.
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Dvorak, M.; Fessl, B.; Nemeth, E.; Anchundia, D.; Cotín, J.; Schulze, C. H.; Tapia, W.; Wendelin, B. 2019. Survival and extinction of breeding landbirds on San Cristóbal, a highly degraded island in the Galápagos. Bird Conservation International 30(3): 381-395.
Dvorak, M.; Nemeth, E.; Wendelin, B.; Herrera, P.; Mosquera, D.; Anchundia, D.; Sevilla, C.; Tebbich, S.; Fessl, B. 2017. Conservation status of landbirds on Floreana: the smallest inhabited Galapagos Island. Journal of Field Ornithology 88(2): 132-145.
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Fessl, B., D. Anchundia, J. Carrión, A. Cimadom, J. Cotin, F. Cunninghame, M. Dvorak, D. Mosquera, E. Nemeth, C. Sevilla, S. Tebbich, B. Wendelin and C. Causton. 2017. Galapagos landbirds (passerines, cuckoos, and doves): Status, threats, and knowledge gaps. Galapagos Reports 2015-2016. Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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Heimpel, G., Hillstrom, A., Freund, D., Knutie, S. A., Clayton, D. H. 2017. Invasive parasites and the fate of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos islands: The case of the Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129(2): 345-349.
IUCN. 2024. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2024-2. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 22 October 2024).
Jaramillo, A. 2020. Vegetarian Finch (Platyspiza crassirostris), version 1.0. Ithaca, NY, USA. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.vegfin2.01.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/vegetarian-finch-platyspiza-crassirostris 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.