Literature

• AviBase 2017. AviBase - the world bird database. [link]
• Gill, F. & Donsker, D. 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.
• Oordt, G.J. van 1949. Bijdragen tot de kennis van de avifauna van Curaçao en Bonaire. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 28: 323-326.
• 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.
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
• Voous, K.H. 1955. De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen (Birds of the Netherlands Antilles). 205pp. Werkgroep Nederlandse Antillen, Curaçao.
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• Yokoyama, M. 2013. The Incomplete guide to the wildlife of Saint Martin. Revised and expanded second edition. 131. sxm wildlife.

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. (Ardea alba)
• Debrot, A.O., Freitas, J.A. de 1999. Avifaunal and botanical survey of the Jan Thiel Lagoon Conservation Area, Curaçao. 28. Carmabi Foundation. (Ardea alba)
• Geelhoed, S.C.V. & Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR. (Ardea alba)
• Madden, H., Hensen, R., Piontek, S., Walton, S., Verdaat, J.P., Geelhoed, S.C.V., Stapel, J. & Debrot, A.O. 2015. New bird records for the island of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, with notes on other significant sightings. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 28: 28-34. [link] (Ardea alba)
• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Ardea alba)
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Ardea alba)
• Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A. & Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. 511 pp. Christopher Helm, London. (Ardea alba)
• Rojer, A. 1997. Biological inventory of St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Ardea alba)
• Wells, J.V. & Wells, A.C. 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Ardea alba)