Skip to main content
Danforth, S.T. 1930 . Notes on the birds of St. Martin and St. Eustatius. The Auk 47: 44-47.
Gill, F & D. Donsker (eds) 2017 . IOC World Bird List v7.1. [link ]
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.
Prins, T.G., J.H. Reuter, A.O. Debrot, J. Wattel & V. Nijman 2009 . Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, South Caribbean. Ardea 97(2): 137-268.
Rojer, A. 1997 . Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
Rojer, A. 1997 . Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
Rojer, A. 1997 . Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
Voous, K.H. 1955 . De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
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.
Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967 . Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137.
Literature references linked to higher taxa
eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Ithaca, New York. [link ] (Aves )
AviBase 2017 . AviBase - the world bird database. [link ] (Melanospiza )
Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & R. Restall 2012 . Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Cory, C.B. 1890 . A collection of birds taken by Cyrus S. winch in the Islands of Anguilla, Antigua, and St. Eustatius, West Indies, during April, May, June, and a part of July, 1890 8: 46-47. Washington, D.C. :American Ornithologists' Union. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Geelhoed, S.C.V., Verdaat, J.P. 2012 . Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Peterson, G. 2016 . Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Peterson, G.M. 2018 . Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998 . Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Voous, K.H. 1957 . The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp.. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Voous, K.H. 1965 . Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017 . Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Yokoyama, M. 2010 . The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Yokoyama, M. 2013 . The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife. (Melanospiza bicolor )