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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Sekercioglu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34: 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

Dickinson, E.C. and Remsen, J.V. 2013. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th edition. Vol. 1. Non-passerines. Aves Press, Eastbourne, UK.

Donald, P.F., Fernando, E., Brown, L., Busana, M., Butchart, S.H.M., Chng, S., Colina, A.d.l., Ferreira, J.M., Jain, A., Jones, V.R., Lapido, R., Malsch, K., McDougall, A., Muccio, C., Nguyen, D., Outhwaite, W., Petrovan, S.O., Stafford, C., Sutherland, W.J., Tallowin, O. & Safford, R. 2024 (in press). Assessing the global prevalence of wild birds in trade.

Garnett, S.T. & Baker, G.B. (eds.). 2021. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

Gibbs, D., Barnes, E. and Cox, J. 2001. Pigeons and Doves: A Guide to the Pigeons and Doves of the World. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, U.K.

ICZN. 2010. OPINION 2251 (Case 3442) Columba norfolciensis Latham, 1801 (Aves, COLUMBIDAE): name suppressed. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 67(2): 192-193.

IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016).

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

Schodde, R., Bock, W.J. and Steinheimer, F.D. 2007. Stabilising the nomenclature of Australasian birds by invalidation and suppression of disused and dubious names. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127(4): 268-282.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/white-headed-pigeon-columba-leucomela on 26/12/2024.
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 26/12/2024.