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- ↑ HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-94-1 . Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ↑ Hoyo, Josep del; Collar, N. J. (2014). HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-84-96553-98-9 . Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ↑ Remsen Jr., J. V. (June 2015). "Book Review: HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volume 1: Non-passerines Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar 2014. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. 903 pages, hundreds of color plates. ISBN 9788496553941. $209 (Hardcover)". Journal of Field Ornithology. 86 (2): 182–187. doi:10.1111/jofo.12102.
- ↑ "Book review: HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Vol 1: Non-passerines". Rare Bird Alert. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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