Literature

• Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 2025. IOC World bird list (15.1). [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Ithaca, New York. [link] (Aves)
• Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & Restall, R. 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Debrot, A.O., Freitas, J.A. de 1999. Avifaunal and botanical survey of the Jan Thiel Lagoon Conservation Area, Curaçao. 28. Carmabi Foundation. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Geelhoed, S.C.V. & Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Gill, F. & Donsker, D. 2017. IOC World Bird List v7.1. [link] (Anseriformes)
• Gill, F., Donsker, D. & Rasmussen, P. 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.2). [link] (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• 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. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Wells, J.V. & Wells, A.C. 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Spatula cyanoptera)
• Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife. (Spatula cyanoptera)