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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 )
Danforth, S.T. 1930 . Notes on the birds of St. Martin and St. Eustatius. The Auk 47: 44-47. (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 )
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. (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 )
Rojer, A. 1997 . Biological Inventory of Saba. 87 pp. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Rojer, A. 1997 . Biological inventory of Sint Eustatius. CARMABI Foundation, Curaçao. (Melanospiza bicolor )
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. (Melanospiza bicolor )
Voous, K.H., Koelers, H.J. 1967 . Check-list of the birds of St. Martin, Saba, and St. Eustatius. Ardea 55: 115-137. (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 )
