Literature

• AviBase 2017. AviBase - the world bird database. [link]
• 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 St. Maarten. 102 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao.
• Voous, K.H. 1965. Checklist of the birds of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire. Ardea 53: 205-234.
• Yokoyama, M. 2010. The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Saint Martin. 129 pp. sxm wildlife.
• 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)
• Bird Watching Curaçao 2016. 2016 - A year in birds. 42. Curaçao Footprint Foundation. [link] (Gallinula galeata)
• Boeken, M. 2018. New avifaunal records and checklist for the island of Saba, Caribbean Netherlands. The Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 31: 57-64. [link] (Gallinula galeata)
• Boer, B. de, Newton, E. & R. Restall 2012. Birds of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire. Ardea Christopher Helm, London. (Gallinula galeata)
• Geelhoed, S.C.V., Verdaat, J.P. 2012. Cruise report seabird and cetacean survey Saba Bank expedition october 2011. 13. IMARES Wageningen UR. (Gallinula galeata)
• 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] (Gallinula galeata)
• Peterson, G. 2016. Checklist Version 2, ABC Birds of Aruba. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Gallinula galeata)
• Peterson, G.M. 2018. Aruba Bird Checklist. 16 pp. Aruba Birdlife Conservation. (Gallinula galeata)
• Wells, J.V. & A.C. Wells 2017. Birds of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao: a site and field guide. 474pp. Cornell University Press. (Gallinula galeata)