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Collar, N. J.; Stuart, S. N. 1985. Threatened birds of Africa and related islands: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 2008. On the singing habits of forest honeyguides of the Guineo-Congolian region, with a request for further information . Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15(1): 24-35.
Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Dowsett, R.J. 2014. The Birds of Ghana: An Atlas and Handbook. Tauraco Press, Liège, Belgium.
Dowsett-Lemaire, F.; Dowsett, R.J. 2009. Comments on selected forest reserves in SW Ghana in 2009: wildlife and conservation status.
Fishpool, L.D.C., Gartshore, M.E., Imong, I., Ajagbe, A. & Brewer, D. submitted 2020. First records of Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti and Ursula’s Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae for Nigeria, plus other significant observations from the Cross River National Park area. Malimbus.
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IUCN. 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 09 December 2021).
Rainey, H., Borrow, N., Demey R. 2003. First recordings of vocalisations of yellow-footed honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti and confirmed records in Ivory Coast. . Malimbus 25(1): 31-38.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti. 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.