Bibliography for Chaeturini

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• Blackburn, A. 1970. Unusual records of Spine-tailed and Fork-tailed Swifts. The Emu 70: 90
• Bonaparte, C.L. in Parzudaki, É. 1856. Catalogue des oiseaux d'Europe offerts en 1856 aux ornithologistes. Paris : É. Parzudaki 25 pp.
• Brooke, R.K. 1970. Taxonomic and evolutionary notes on the subfamilies, tribes, genera and subgenera of the swifts (Aves: Apodidae). Durban Museum Novitates 9: 13-24
• Cameron, A.C. 1968. Feeding habits of the Spine-tailed Swift. The Emu 68: 217-219
• Collins, C.T. & Brooke, R.K. 1976. A review of the swifts of the genus Hirundapus (Aves: Apodidae). Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science 282: 1-22
• Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp.
• Corben, C., Roberts, G. & Smyth, A. 1982. Roosting of a White-throated Needletail. Sunbird 12: 47-48
• Coventry, P. 1989. Comments on airborne sightings of White-throated Needletails. Australian Bird Watcher 13: 36-37
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• Mees, G.F. 1973. The status of two species of migrant swifts in Java and Sumatra (Aves, Apodidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 46: 197-207
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• Quested, T. 1982. Spine-tailed Swift landing in tree. Australian Birds 16: 64
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• Vaurie, C. 1965. The Birds of the Palaearctic Fauna A systematic reference. Non-Passeriformes. London : H.F. & G. Witherby xx 763 pp.
• Warham, J. 1961. A Spine-tailed Swift at Macquarie Island. The Emu 61: 189-190
• White, C.M.N. & Bruce, M.D. 1986. The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas & Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia). An annotated check-list. B.O.U. Check-list No. 7. London : British Ornithologists' Union 524 pp.
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