Literature

• GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. www.gbif.org. [link]
• MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.

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. & R. Restall 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London. (Sterna dougallii)
• Debrot, A.O., Freitas, J.A. de 1999. Avifaunal and botanical survey of the Jan Thiel Lagoon Conservation Area, Curaçao. 28. Carmabi Foundation. (Sterna dougallii)
• Gill, F & D. Donsker (eds) 2017. IOC World Bird List v7.1. [link] (Sterna)
• 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. (Sterna dougallii)
• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Sterna dougallii)
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Sterna dougallii)
• 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. (Sterna dougallii)
• Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London. (Sterna dougallii)
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Sterna dougallii)
• SPAW Protocol 1990. Protocol concerning specially protected areas and wildlife to the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link] (Sterna dougallii)
• Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroup Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao. (Sterna dougallii)
• Voous, K.H. 1957. The birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 7: 260pp.. (Sterna dougallii)
• Voous, K.H. 1965. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234. (Sterna dougallii)
• Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967. Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137. (Sterna dougallii)
• Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Sterna dougallii)
• Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife. (Sterna dougallii)
• Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife. (Sterna dougallii)