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American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) Fact Sheet: Bibliography & Resources

Bibliography

Arengo, F., and G.A. Baldassarre. 2002. Patch choice and foraging behavior of nonbreeding American flamingos in Yucatan, Mexico. The Condor, 104(2):452-457.

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Baldassarre, G.A., and F. Arengo.  2000. A review of the ecology and conservation of Caribbean flamingos in Yucatan, Mexico. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1: 70-79.

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Boylan, J. 2000. Sonographic analysis of the vocalizations of Chilean and Carebbean flamingos. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1:179-184.

Brueker, C., and H. Vargas. 1998. Naturalist guides assist in monitoring flamingos. Noticias de Galapagos, no. 59., last visited 10/06/2003.

Casler, C.L. and E.E. Este. 2000. Caribbean flamingos feeding at a new solar saltworks in western Venezuela. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1: 95-102.

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Espino-Barros, R., and G.A. Baldassarre.  1989a.  Activity and habitat-use patterns of breeding Caribbean flamingos in Yucatan, Mexico. The Condor, 91:585-591.

Espino-Barros, R., and G.A. Baldassarre.  1989b. Numbers, migration chronology, and activity patterns, of nonbreeding Caribbean flamingos in Yucatan, Mexico. The Condor, 91: 592-597.

Espinoza, F., et al. 2000. Numbers and distribution of the Caribbean flamingo in Venezuela. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1: 80-86.

Este, E.E., and C.L. Casler. 2000. Abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates in Caribbean flamingo feeding areas at Los Olivitos Wildlife Refuge, western Venezuela. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1: 87-94.

Diamant, K. 1997. A flourishing flock. ZooNooz, May. 70(5): 8-13.

Feduccia, A. 1996. The Origin and Evolution of Birds. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Fox, D.L. 1975. Carotenoids in pigmentation. In: J. Kear, and N. Duplaix-Hall eds.  Flamingos. P. 162-182.  Berkhamsted, England: T. & A. D  Poyser.

Friedmann, L. 2003.  Flamingos frolic in new lagoon. ZooNooz, 76(8):8-12.

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Galicia, E., and G.A. Baldassarre.  1997. Effects of motorized tourboats on the behavior of nonbreeding American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber) in Yucatan, Mexico. Conservation Biology, 11:1159-1165.

Humphreys, P.N. 1975. Pathological conditions.  In: J. Kear, and N. Duplaix-Hall eds.  Flamingos. Pp. 199-202.  Berkhamsted, England: T. & A. D  Poyser.

Kear, J., and N. Duplaix-Hall, eds. 1975.  Flamingos. Berkhamsted, England: T. & A. D  Poyser. 246 pp.

Mindell, D.P. et al. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships among and within select avian orders based on mitochondrial DNA. In: D.P. Mindell, ed. Avian Molecular  Evolution and Systematics, pp. 214-247. San Diego: Academic Press.

Muller, K.A. 1983. The imortal flamingo. ZooNooz, May. 56(5): 14-17.

Ogilvie, M., and C. Ogilvie. 1986. Flamingos. Gloucester, GB: Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd. 121 pp.

Olsen, S.L. and A. Feduccia. 1980. Relationships and evolution of flamingos (Aves: Phoenicopteridae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 316:1-73.

Ottenwalder, J.A., C.A. Woods, G.B. Rathburn, and J.B. Thorbjarnarson.  1990. Status of the greater flamingo in Haiti. Colonial Waterbirds 13(2): 115-123.

Pirela, D.E. 2000. Monitoring Caribbean flamingos at Los Olivitos Wildlife Refuge, western Australia. Waterbirds, 23, Special Publication 1: 103-108.

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Whitfield SM, Frezza P, Ridgley FN, Mauro A, Patterson JM, Pernas A, Lorenz JJ. 2018. Status and trends of American Flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) in Florida, USA. The Condor. 120(2):291–304. doi:10.1650/CONDOR-17-187.1.

 

Wiley, J.W., and B.N. Wiley.  1979. Status of the American Flamingo in the Dominican Republic and Eastern Haiti. Auk 96(3):615-619.

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