Literature

• Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 2024. IOC World Bird List (14.1). [link]
• 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.

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Ithaca, New York. [link] (Aves)
• Bird Watching Curaçao 2016. 2016 - A year in birds. 42. Curaçao Footprint Foundation. [link] (Egretta thula)
• Boeken, M. 2018. New avifaunal records and checklist for the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 57-64. [link] (Egretta thula)
• Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & Restall, R. 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London. (Egretta thula)
• Debrot, A.O., Freitas, J.A. de 1999. Avifaunal and botanical survey of the Jan Thiel Lagoon Conservation Area, Curaçao. 28. Carmabi Foundation. (Egretta thula)
• Geelhoed, S.C.V. & Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR. (Egretta thula)
• Gill, F. & Donsker, D. 2017. IOC World Bird List v7.1. [link] (Pelecaniformes)
• Hoogerwerf, A. 1977. Notes on the birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 54: 60-123. (Egretta thula)
• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Egretta thula)
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Egretta thula)
• Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London. (Egretta thula)
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Egretta thula)
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Egretta thula)
• Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao. (Egretta thula)
• Voous, K.H. 1955. The birds of St. Martin, Saba and St. Eustatius. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 6: 1-82. (Egretta thula)
• Voous, K.H. 1957. The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp.. (Egretta thula)
• Voous, K.H. 1965. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234. (Egretta thula)
• Voous, K.H. & Koelers, H.J. 1967. Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137. (Egretta thula)
• Wells, J.V. & Wells, A.C. 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Egretta thula)
• Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife. (Egretta thula)
• Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife. (Egretta thula)