Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) recovery strategy: chapter 4

• Previous page
• Table of contents

References

Banks, R.C. 1977. The decline and fall of the Eskimo Curlew, or why did the curlew go extaille? American Birds 31: 127–134.

Bent, A.C. 1929. Life histories of North American shorebirds. U.S. National Museum Bulletin 146.

Blanco, D., R. Banchs, P. Canevari, and M. Osterheld. 1993. Critical sites for the Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis), and other nearctic grassland shorebirds in Argentina and Uruguay. Unpublished report prepared by Wetlands for the Americas for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 86 pp.

Bond, M.W. 1965. Did a Barbados hunter shoot the last Eskimo Curlew? Audubon Magazine 67: 314–316.

Bucher, E.H. and M. Nores. 1988. Present status of birds in steppes and savannas of northern and central Argentina. Pp. 71–79 in Ecology and conservation of grassland birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 7. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

Canevari, P. and D.E. Blanco. 1994. Literature search for the Eskimo Curlew. Unpublished report prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Conservation International. 65 pp.

Davis, K.S. 1976. Kansas: a bicentennial history. W.W. Norton & Company, New York.

Environment Canada 2005.  Policy on the Feasibility of Recovery (Draft – June 2005).  Species at Risk Act Policy.  Environment Canada. Ottawa. 

Gill, R.E., J.P. Canevari, and E.H. Iversen. 1998. Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis). In The Birds of North America, No. 347. A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 28 pp.

Gollop, J.B. 1988. The Eskimo Curlew. Pp. 383–594 in Audubon wildlife report 1988/1989. W.J. Chandler, ed. Academic Press, New York.

Gollop, B. 1997. Comments on Eskimo Curlew sightings. Blue Jay 55: 75–78.

Gollop, J.B. and C.E.P. Shier. 1978. Status report on Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and Canadian Nature Federation, Ottawa, Ontario. 53 pp.

Gollop, J.B., T.W. Barry, and E.H. Iversen. 1986. Eskimo Curlew: a vanishing species. Special Publication No. 17. Saskatchewan Natural History Society, Regina, Saskatchewan. 160 pp.

Gratto-Trevor, C. 1999. Status report of the Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Hitchcock, C.L. and C.L. Gratto-Trevor. 1997. Diagnosing a shorebird local population decline with a stage-structured population model. Ecology 78: 522–534.

Morrison, R.I.G., A. Bourget, R. Butler, H.L. Dickson, C. Gratto-Trevor, P. Hicklin, C. Hyslop, and R.K. Ross. 1994. A preliminary assessment of the status of shorebird populations in Canada. Progress Notes No. 208. Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario. 19 pp.

Obst, J. and A. Spaulding.  1994.  Annual report on the Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) recovery plan project in the Northwest Territories, Canada in 1994: results of the investigations into an unconfirmed Eskimo Curlew nest site in the Northwest Territories.  Wildlife Management Division, Department of Renewable Resources, Yellowknife, NWT.  Unpublished report. 34 pp.

 Pollock, J. 1996. A possible sighting of an Eskimo Curlew. Blue Jay 54: 104–105.

Samson, F. and F. Knopf. 1994. Prairie conservation in North America. Bioscience 44: 418–421.

Skeel, M.A. and E.P. Mallory. 1996. Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). In The Birds of North America, No. 219. A. Poole and F. Gill, eds. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C. 28 pp.

Swenk, M.H. 1915. The Eskimo Curlew and its disappearance. Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union 6: 25–44.

Uriarte, S. 1995. Last of the Eskimo Curlews. Canadian Wildlife 1: 33–35.

Waldon, B. 1996. Possible sighting of Eskimo Curlews (Numenius borealis). Blue Jay 54: 123–124.

Woodard, D.W., ed. 1980. Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States -- Eskimo Curlew. Cooperative effort by the National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, Office of Endangered Species, and National Coastal Ecosystems Team, Office of Biological Science, Slidell, Louisiana. 7 pp.

Young, D.E. 1953. Ecological considerations in the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) and the Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 527 pp.