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Allan, D.G. 2004. Ethiopia - enigmas and endemics. Africa - birds and birding 9(2): 28-34.
Anon. 1997. White-winged Flufftail sightings. World Birdwatch 19(4): 2.
Anon. 2006. Local group discovers new flufftail site. Africa - Birds & Birding 11: 10.
Atkinson, P.; Robertson, P.; Dellelegn, Y.; Wondafrash, M.; Atkins, J. 1996. The recent rediscovery of White-winged Flufftails in Ethiopia. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 3(1): 34-36.
Barnes, K. N. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
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.
Colyn, R. B.; Campbell, A. M.; Smit-Robinson, H. A. 2017. The application of camera trapping to assess Rallidae species richness within palustrine wetland habitat in South Africa. Ostrich 88(3): 235-245.
Colyn, RB., Campbell, A., Smit-Robinson, HA. 2019. Camera-trapping successfully and non-invasively reveals the presence, activity and habitat choice of the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi in a South African high-altitude wetland. Bird Conservation International.
Colyn, RB., Campbell, A., Smit-Robinson, HA. 2020b. The use of a camera trap and acoustic survey design to ascertain the vocalisation and breeding status of the highly elusive White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15(2): 12.
Colyn, RB., Campbell, A., Smit-Robinson, HA. 2020c. The use of predictive modelling and remote sensing to assess the distribution, habitat availability and rate of habitat loss for the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail. in review.
Colyn, RB., Whitecross, MA., Howes, CA., Smit-Robinson, HA. 2020a. Restricted breeding habitat of the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail in Ethiopia and its conservation implications. Ostrich 91(3): 204-213.
Dalton D.L, Vermaak, E. Smit-Robinson, H.A., Kotzé, A. 2016. Lack of diversity at innate immunity Toll-like receptors genes in the critically endangered White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi). Scientific Reports 6(36757–63665).
Dalton, D. L..; Smit-Robinson, H. A..; Vermaak, E.; Jarvis, E.; Kotze, A. 2018. Is there genetic connectivity among the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi) populations from South Africa and Ethiopia? Afr. J. Ecol. 56: 28-37.
Davies, G. B. P.; Smit-Robinson, H. A.; Drummond, I. M. M.; Gardner, B.; Rautenbach, S.; van Stuyvenberg, D.; Nattrass, C.; Pretorius, M.; Pietersen, D. W.; Symes, C. T. 2015. Recent records of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi (Aves, Sarothruridae) in South Africa, including details of a survey of high-altitude wetlands in 2013-2014. Durban Natural Science Museum Novitates 37: 62-75.
De Smidt, A. 2003. Ethiopian White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi) action plan.
del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (eds). 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Drerup, B. 2015. White-winged Flufftail Project in Ethiopia Completed with AEWA SGF Support. Available at: http://www.unep-aewa.org/en/news/white-winged-flufftail-project-ethiopia-completed-aewa-sgf-support. (Accessed: 03/06/2015).
Drummond, M. 2013. White-winged Flufftail; The Ethiopian Connection. African Birdlife 2(1): 24-26.
Evans, S.W., Smit-Robinson, H.A. and Tarboton, A.R. 2015. White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi. In: Taylor, M.R., Peacock, F., Wanless, R.M. (ed.), The 2015 Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland, pp. 41-43. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ewbank, D. 2014. Records of the White-winged Flufftail in Zimbabwe. Honeyguide 60(2): 14-15.
Hustler, K.; Irwin, M. P. S. 1995. Fifth Report of the OAZ Rarities Committee. Honeyguide 41: 103-106.
IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Sande, E.; Ndang’ang’a, P. K.; Wakelin, J.; Wondafrash, M;, Drummond, M;, Dereliev, S. (compilers). 2008. International Single Species Action Plan for the Conservation of the White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi). CMS; AEWA, Bonn, Germany.
Smit-Robinson, H. 2014. Saving the world's rarest flufftail. BirdLife Africa Newsletter 14(1): 16.
Taylor, B. 1999. First White-winged Flufftail nest found. World Birdwatch 21(4): 3.
Taylor, B. and van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
Taylor, B., Kirwan, G. M.; Sharpe, C. J. 2018. White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (ed.), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
Taylor, B.; Wondafrash, M.; Demek, Y. 2004. The nest, eggs and chicks of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124: 233-238.
Taylor, P. B. 1996. Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules and Coots). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and J. Sargatal (eds), Handbook of the birds of the world, pp. 108-209. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Taylor, P. B. 1998. The ecology and conservation of the White-winged Flufftail, and the sustainable utilisation of Ethiopian high-altitude palustrine wetland habitats: report on fieldwork in Ethiopia from 27 November to 12 December 1998.
Taylor, P. B.; Grundling, P. L. 2003. The importance of South African mires as habitat for the endangered Whitewinged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi). International Mire Conservation Group Newsletter: 8-12.
African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) International Action Plan 2007
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi. Downloaded from
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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.