On this page are the references which we have used in our studies of the West Indian Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arborea). We also include other references for the benefit of those interested in further reading.

American Ornithologists' Union. 1998.
Check-list of North American birds: 7th edition
The American Ornithologists' Union. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas. 829 pgs.
(ISBN: 1-891276-00-X)

Barbour, Thomas. 1923.
The Birds of Cuba - Memoirs of the Nuttall ornithological club. no. VI
Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 141 pgs.

Barbour, Thomas. 1943.
Cuban Ornithology - Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, no. 9
Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 144 pgs.

Bond, James. 1993.
Birds of the West Indies: Fifth Edition
Houghton Mifflin company. Boston, New York. 256 pgs.

Buden, Donald W. 1987.
The Birds of Cat Island, Bahamas
Wilson Bulletin: Vol. 99, No. 4, 1987.

Buden, Donald W. 1990.
The Birds of Rum Kay, Bahamas Islands
Wilson Bulletin: Vol. 102, No. 3.

Buden, Donald W. 1992.
The Birds of Long Island, Bahamas
Wilson Bulletin: Vol. 104, No. 2.

Buden, Donald W. 1992.
The Birds of Exumas, Bahamas Islands
Wilson Bulletin: Vol. 104, No. 4.

Clements, James F. 2000.
Birds of the World: A Checklist: Fifth Edition
Ibis Publishing Company. Vista, California. 867 pgs. (ISBN: 0-934797-16-1)

Danforth, Stuart T. 1934.
The Birds of Antigua
Auk: Vol. 51, No. 3.

Franganillo Balboa, Pelegrín, S. J. 1941.
Las Aves de Cuba
Cultural S. A. Habana, Cuba. 214 pg. (Spanish)

Garrido, Orlando H. 1985.
Cuban Endangered Birds
Neotropical Ornithology: Ornithological Monographs No. 36
American Ornithologists' Union. Pgs 992-999. (ISBN: 0-943610-44-3)

Howard, Richard and Alick Moore. 1991.
A complete checklist of the Birds of the World. Second Edition
Academic Press. San Diego, California. 622 pgs. (ISBN 0-12-356910-9)

Johnsgard, Paul A. 1965.
Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior
Comstock Publishing Associates. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 378 pgs.

Johnsgard, Paul A. 1978.
Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World
University of Nebraska Press. Lincoln and London. 404 pgs. (ISBN 8-8032-0953-3)

Madge, Steve, and Hilary Burn. 1988.
Waterfowl: an identification guide to the ducks, geese, and swans of the world
Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, Massachusetts. pgs 26-27, 124-125.
(ISBN 0-395-46727-6 and 0-395-46726-8)

Palmer, Ralph S. 1976.
Handbook of North American Birds: Waterfowl
Yale University Press. New Haven and London. Vol 2. (ISBN 0-300-01902-5)

Rohwer, Frank C. 1988.
Inter- and Intraspecific Relationships Between Egg Size and Clutch Size in Waterfowl
Auk: Vol. 105, No. 1.

Soothill, Eric and Peter Whitehead. 1978.
Wildfowl of the World
Blandford Press. Poole, Dorset. 297 pgs. (ISBN: 0 7137 0863 8)

Stockton de Dod, Annabelle. 1981.
Guía de Campo para las Aves de la República Dominicana
Editora Horizontes de América, Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Pg 44. (Spanish)

Stotz, Douglas F., John W. Fitzpatrick, Theodore A. Parker III and Debra K. Moskovits. 1996.
Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation
The University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. 478 pgs.
(ISBN: 0-226-77629-8 and 0-226-77630-1, LC: QL685.7.N46 1996)