Literature

• Bird Watching Curaçao 2016. 2016 - A year in birds. 42. Curaçao Footprint Foundation. [link]
• Boeken, M. 2018. New avifaunal records and checklist for the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 57-64. [link]
• Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & Restall, R. 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London.
• Burg, M.P. van den, Proosdij, A.S.J. van, Balborda, T.M., Boeken, M., Buurt, G. van, Freitas, J. de, Houtepen, E., Leeuwen, S.J. van, Mitchell, A., Waart, S. de & Debrot, A.O. 2025. Invasive Species: Major Threat to Caribbean Netherlands Biodiversity. In: Debrot et al. 2025. State of Nature Report for the Caribbean Netherlands 2024. C001/25: 337-351. Wageningen University and Research.
• CITES 2015. Checklist of CITES Species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. [link]
• Gill, F. & Donsker, D. 2017. IOC World Bird List v7.1. [link]
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• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
• Prins, T.G., Reuter, J.H., Debrot, A.O., Wattel, J. & Nijman, V. 2009. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea 97: 137-268.
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• Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
• Voous, K.H. 1957. The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp..
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• Wells, J.V. & Debrot, A.O. 2008. Bonaire. In: Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius). 95-102. BirdLife International.
• Wells, J.V. & Wells, A.C. 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press.

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Ithaca, New York. [link] (Aves)
• Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 2025. IOC World bird list (15.1). [link] (Psittacidae)