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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 114902 | Sibley, D. 2003 The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 471 p. | 2003 | Arenaria melanocephala | 161 | 
| 127697 | IUCN 2022 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. | 2022 | Arenaria melanocephala | --> | 
| 130435 | IUCN 2025 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | 2025 | Arenaria melanocephala | ver.2025-1 | 
| 3477 | MarineSpecies.org 2050 MarineSpecies.org. http://www.marinespecies.org/index.php | 2050 | Arenaria melanocephala | --> |