Please note that we are gradually accumulating references for this species.  The listings below are woefully incomplete and are even missing major references.  We welcome additional full citations.  Please send them to Michael G. Shepard at data@birdinfo.com

References in bold contain a substantial amount of useful information.  The others are either standard regional resources, or citations for the observation database.

Brewer, D., A. Diamond, E.J. Woodsworth, B.T. Collins and E.H. Dunn. 2000.  Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding.  Volume 1: Doves, cuckoos and hummingbirds through passerines, 1921-1995.  Canadian Wildlife Service.  395pp.

British Columbia Nest Records Scheme

Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, M.C.E. McNall, and G.E.J Smith. 1997.  The birds of British Columbia - volume 3: passerines - flycatchers through vireos.  UBC Press, Vancouver. 693pp.

Ehrlich, P., D. Dobkin and D. Wheye.  1988. The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc.

Godfrey, W.E. 1986.  The birds of Canada, revised edition.  National Museums of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. 595pp.

Meredith, Mitch. 2003.  Vancouver VNHS Bird Alert for Friday, Jan 31st.  Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on January 31, 2003.

Monty, Guy L. 2002.  Re. re. Aliens.  Communication posted to BCINTBIRD newsgroup on February 19, 2002.

National Geographic Society. 1999.  Field guide to the birds of North America (third edition).  National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 480pp.

Pyle, Peter. 1997.  Identification guide to North American birds, Part 1.  Slate Creek Press, Bolinas, CA.  732pp.

Royal British Columbia Museum: a) card database of British Columbia bird observations, b) museum specimens.

Sibley, D.A. 2000.  National Audubon Society the Sibley guide to birds.  Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY.

Wynja, Mark. 2003.  Crested Myna.  Communication posted to BCVANBIRDS newsgroup on February 18, 2003.

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