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Published papers

I am gradually going to add PDFs for as many papers as possible to the site. I will also annotate those papers for which I have hard-copy reprints, which you will have to request by e-mail (GMKirwan@aol.com). I am grateful to Harold Greeney and Travis Rosenberry at The Peregrine Fund library for their assistance in creating a number of the PDFs available here. 

Kirwan, G. M. 1992a. The migration of the Great Snipe, Gallinago media, through Turkey. Zool. Middle East 7: 11–19Reprint available

Kirwan, G. 1992b. A record of Aquatic Warbler from Turkey. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 28: 18–19.

Kirwan, G. 1992c. A freshwater breeding record of Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber in Turkey. Sandgrouse 14: 56–57. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 1993a. The Birds of Hotamis. Birds of Turkey 9. Kasparek Verlag, Heidelberg. 43pp.

Kirwan, G. M. 1993b. Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni, new to Turkey. Zool. Middle East 9: 45–47.

Kirwan, G. 1993c. IBA survey work 1993. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 31: 11–13.

Kirwan, G. M. 1993d. Malachite Kingfisher presumed breeding in Yemen. Phoenix 10: 2.

Kirwan, G. 1994a. A record of Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata from Turkey. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 33: 7–9.

Kirwan, G. M. 1994b. First record of White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus in Yemen. Sandgrouse 16: 55. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M. 1994c. The breeding status and distribution of the White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala on the Central Plateau, Turkey. Sandgrouse 16: 66–75.

Kirwan, G. M. 1994d. American Golden Plover, Pluvialis dominica, in Turkey. Zool. Middle East 10: 23–26. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M. 1995a. Recent records of rare birds in Turkey. Zool. Middle East 11: 37–46. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M. 1995b. Breeding status of White-headed Duck in Turkey. Threatened Waterfowl Res. Group Newsletter 8: 14–15.

Kirwan, G. M. 1995c. Some comments on the distribution of the Rook Corvus frugilegus in Turkey. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 35: 29–30.

Kirwan, G. M. 1995d. Partially albinistic Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis in eastern Turkey. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 35: 31.

Kirwan, G. M. 1996a. The status of the Red Knot, Calidris canutus, in the Middle East. Zool. Middle East 13: 17–23. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M. 1996b. A new specimen record of Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica from Turkey. Sandgrouse 18(2): 70–71. Link to article

Kirwan, G. M. 1997a. A list of bird specimens held in the Robert’s College, Bebek (Istanbul, Turkey) collection, with some comments on Mathey-Dupraz (1920–24). Sandgrouse 19: 30–38.

Kirwan, G. M. 1997b. The status of the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca in Turkey. Bird Conserv. Intern. 7: 345–356. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M. 1997c. White-spotted Bluethroats in Turkey. Dutch Birding 19: 237. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 1997d. Socotra: Forbes-Watson's manuscript. Phoenix 14: 6–7.

Kirwan, G. M. 1998a. Ornithological observations on Karadag, Konya province, Turkey. Turk. J. Zool. 22: 237–239. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 1998b. Additions to the avifauna of Socotra and Abd Al-Kuri, with notes on the occurrence of some resident and migrant species. Bull. Afr. Bird Cl. 5: 17–21.

Kirwan, G. M. 2000. Spotted Sandgrouse at Birecik, Turkey, in June 1999. Dutch Birding 22: 17–18. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2001a. The validity of Monticola saxatilis coloratus Stepanyan, 1964. Sandgrouse 23: 148–149. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2001b. White-winged Lark status in Turkey. Alula 7: 124.

Kirwan, G. M. 2004a. The taxonomic position of the Afghan Scrub Sparrow Passer (moabiticus) yatii. Sandgrouse 26: 105–111. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2004b. A Syrian record: the case of Aharoni's Thick-billed Larks Ramphocoris clotbey. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 124: 227–232.

Kirwan, G. M. 2004c. Some remarks on the taxonomy of Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus, with particular reference to C. n. jonesi Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899. Bull. Afr. Bird Cl. 11: 117–125. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2005a. An early specimen of Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi from 'Syria'. Sandgrouse 27: 148–149. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2005b. Middle Spotted Woodpecker: range and subspecies in Turkey. Dutch Birding 27: 260–261. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2006. Comments on two new subspecies of passerine birds recently described from Turkey, Eremophila alpestris kumerloevei and Pyrrhula pyrrhula paphlagoniae, with remarks on geographical variation in related forms of Bullfinch from the Balkans and Caucasus. Sandgrouse 28: 10–21. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2007. Two specimens of Red-necked Stint from Iran collected in July 1941. Dutch Birding 29: 92–93. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2008. Studies of Socotran birds III. Morphological and mensural evidence for a ‘new’ species in the Rufous Sparrow Passer motitensis complex endemic to the island of Abd ’Al-Kuri, with the validation of Passer insularis Sclater & Hartlaub, 1881. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 128: 83–93. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2007. Studies of Socotran birds IV. Synonymization of six endemic bird taxa, with comments on the name Onychognathus blythii creaghi. Sandgrouse 29: 135–148. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2008.'Splitting hairs'?: the Blue Tits of the Canary Islands. Bull. Afr. Bird Cl. 15: 255–259. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. in press. Species accounts: Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi, Socotra Warbler Incana incana, Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus and Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotranus. In: Jennings, M. C. (ed.) The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Arabia. Fauna of Arabia, Basle.

 

Kirwan, G. M., Atkinson, P. W., van den Berg, A. and Shirihai, H. 2006. Taxonomy of the Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus: a test case for defining species limits between disjunct taxa? Bull. Afr. Bird Cl. 13: 136–146. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Bates, J. M. 2008. The status of European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Sandgrouse 30: 114–116. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Bechtolsheim, M. and Willig, S. 2000. Distribution of Mongolian Finch in Turkey. Dutch Birding 22: 149–150. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Gregory, S. M. S. 2005. A new genus for the Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus (Swinhoe, 1870). Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 125: 68–80. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Grieve, A. 2007. Studies of Socotran birds II. One, two or three species: towards a rational taxonomy for the Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus socotranus. Bull. Afr. Bird Cl. 14: 159–169. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Grieve, A. submitted. Studies of Socotran birds V. On the validity of Anthus similis sokotrae, with a few remarks on Arabian and north-east African populations of Long-billed Pipit A. similis. Sandgrouse.

Kirwan, G. and Konrad, V. 1995. Little known Western Palearctic birds: Mongolian Trumpeter Finch. Birding World 8: 139–144.

Kirwan, G. M. and Martins, R. P. 1994. Turkey Bird Report 1987–91. Sandgrouse 16: 76–117.

Kirwan, G. M. and Martins, R. P. 2000. Turkey Bird Report 1992–1996. Sandgrouse 22: 13–35.

Kirwan, G. M., Martins, R. P., Eken, G. and Davidson, P. 1999. A checklist of the birds of Turkey. Sandgrouse Suppl. 1: 1–32. Reprint available

Kirwan, G. M., Martins, R. P., Morton, K. M. and Showler, D. A. 1996. The status of birds in Socotra and 'Abd Al-Kuri and the records of the OSME survey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 83–101. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Özen, M., Kurt, B. and Martins, R. P. 2003. Turkey Bird Report 1997–2001. Sandgrouse 25: 8–31. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Özen, M. and Demirci, B. 2008. Turkey Bird Report 2002–06. Sandgrouse 30: 166–189. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Porter, R. F. and Dymond, N. 2006. A mystery Passer sparrow from southern Yemen. Sandgrouse 28: 85–87. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Schweizer, M., Ayé, R. and Grieve, A. 2009. Taxonomy, identification and status of Desert Sparrow Passer simplex. Dutch Birding 31: 139–158. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Shirihai, H. 2007. Species limits in House Bunting. Dutch Birding 29: 1–19. Download as PDF

 

 

Albayrak, T., Gürsoy, A. and Kirwan, G. M. (2002) International Species Action Plan for the Cinereous Bunting (Emberiza cineracea). BirdLife International, Wageningen.

Alon, D., Granit, B., Shamoun-Baranes, J., Leshem, Y., Kirwan, G. M. and Shirihai, H. 2004. Soaring-bird migration over northern Israel in autumn. Brit. Birds 97: 160–182.

Alström, P., Kirwan, G. M., Grieve, A., Lassey, P. A., Mild, K. and Svensson, L. in prep. Calandrella rufescens niethammeri is a synonym of C. r. aharonii, and why it matters, with comments on other closely related Anatolian larks.

Bradshaw, C. G. and Kirwan, G. 1992. Impressions of spring passerine migration at Aksehir Gölü, Turkey. Orn. Soc. Middle East Bull. 29: 16–17.

Bradshaw, C. G. and Kirwan, G. M. 1994. The ornithological importance of the Aksehir Gölü wetlands, Central Plateau, Turkey. Sandgrouse 16: 118–138.

Castell, P. and Kirwan, G. M. 2005. Will the real Sykes's Warbler please stand up? Breeding data support specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the Arabian population of 'booted warbler'. Sandgrouse 27: 30–36. Download as PDF

Flint, P. R., Stewart, P. F. and Kirwan, G. M. 1997. A review of claimed records of Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus from Cyprus and Turkey. Sandgrouse 19: 133–139. Download as PDF

Kratochwill, K. and Kirwan, G. M. 2004. Some corrections to, and comments on, recent papers on Iranian bird distributions. Sandgrouse 26: 149–151. Download as PDF

Martins, R. P., Bradshaw, C. G., Brown, A., Kirwan, G. M. and Porter, R. F. 1996. The status of passerines in southern Yemen and the records of the OSME survey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54–72. Download as PDF

Shirihai, H., Yosef, R., Alon, D., Kirwan, G. M. and Spaar, R. 2000. Raptor Migration in Israel and the Middle East: A Summary of 30 Years of Field Research. Tech. Publ. International Birding & Research Center in Eilat, Israel. 192pp.

Uhlig, R., Uhlig, S., Kirwan, G. M. and Baris, Y. S. 1996. Winter status and distribution of Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris in Turkey. Sandgrouse 18(2): 65. Download as PDF

 

Periodical publications on Neotropical avifauna

Kirwan, G. M. 1996. Records of Amazonian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium hardyi from south-east Venezuela. Cotinga 5: 71–72. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2000. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) recorded in the West Indies. Pitirre 13: 42. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2001a. Further records of the Northern Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis) in Cuba, and a correction to Martínez et al. (2000). Pitirre 14: 10. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2001b. A leucistic Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivacea) in Cuba. Pitirre 14: 10. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2002. Nuevos registros de Garza Azul (Egretta caerulea) y Golondrina Zapadora (Riparia riparia) en el sur Argentino. Nuestras Aves 44: 11.

Kirwan, G. M. 2007a. Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris in Bahia, Brazil, with some comments on morphological variation in the species. Cotinga 28: 67–70. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2007b. Separation of Streptoprocne swifts in the Atlantic Forest region. Neotrop. Birding 2: 24–26. Download as PDF 

Kirwan, G. M. 2008 [2009]. The range of the Pin-tailed Manakin Ilicura militaris extends to central Brazil. Rev. Bras. Orn. 16: 260–261. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2009. First nesting record of the White-browed Hawk (Leucopternis kuhli), from the Madeira–Purus interfluvium, Brazilian Amazonia, with some remarks on plumage variation. Orn. Neotrop. 20: 147–151. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. 2009. Notes on the breeding ecology and seasonality of some Brazilian birds. Rev. Bras. Orn. 17: 121–135. PDF available on request (5.1 mb)

Kirwan, G. M. & Areta, J. I. 2009. Black-and-tawny Seedeater Sporophila nigrorufa in the cerrados of western Mato Grosso, Brazil. Neotrop. Birding 4: 69–72.

Kirwan, G. M., Flieg, G. M., Hume, R. and LaBar, S. 2001. Interesting distributional and temporal records from Cuba, winter 2000–01. Pitirre 14: 43–46. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Kirkconnell, A. 2000. Leucism in Crescent-eyed Pewee (Contopus caribaeus) in western Cuba. Pitirre 13: 88. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Kirkconnell, A. 2002. The avifauna of Pálpite, Ciénaga de Zapata, Cuba, and the importance of the area for globally threatened and endemic birds. Pitirre 15: 101–109. Download text as PDF Download table as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Marlow, T. 1996. A review of avifaunal records from Mindo, Pichincha province, north-west Ecuador. Cotinga 6: 47–57. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Martuscelli, P., Silveira, L. F. and Williams, R. S. R. 1999. Recent records of the Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus in south-east Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 119: 202–205.

Kirwan, G. M. and Mazar Barnett, J. 2001. New bird records from north-east Brazil. Cotinga 15: 67–68. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Mazar Barnett, J. and Minns, J. 2001. Significant ornithological observations from the Rio São Francisco Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with notes on conservation and biogeography. Ararajuba 9: 145–161. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Mazar Barnett, J., Vasconcelos, M. F., Raposo, M. A., D’Angelo Neto, S. & Roesler, I. 2004. Further comments on the avifauna of the middle reaches of the São Francisco Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 124: 207–220. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Price, W. H. 2009. Varia. Endemics and specialities of Cuba. Dutch Birding 31: 110–122. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Sharpe, C. J. 1999. Range extensions and notes on the status of little-known species from Venezuela. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 119: 38–47.

Kirwan, G. M. and Shirihai, H. 2008. Notes on open-country birds in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. Cotinga 29: 178–180. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Whittaker, A. 2009. The nest of the Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus striaticollis), with the first detailed nesting data for Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant (H. diops). Orn. Neotrop. 20: 299–304. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M. and Williams, R. S. R. 1999. Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionota in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Cotinga 11: 97.

Kirwan, G. M., Williams, R. S. R. & Bradshaw, C. G. 1996. An unusual nesting record of the Palmchat Dulus dominicus. Pitirre 9(3): 7. Download as PDF

Kirwan, G. M., Williams, R. S. R. and Bradshaw, C. G. 1999. Interesting avifaunal records from the Dominican Republic. Cotinga 11: 27–29.

Kirwan, G. M., Williams, R. S. R. and Bradshaw, C. G. 2002. Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia nesting in sea caves in the Dominican Republic. Pitirre 15: 65–66. Download as PDF

 

Assis, C. P., Seixas, L., Raposo, M. A. and Kirwan, G. M. 2008 [2009]. Taxonomic status of Tangara cyanomelaena (Wied, 1830), an East Brazilian Atlantic Forest endemic. Rev. Bras. Orn. 16: 232–239. Download as PDF

Beadle, D., Grosset, A., Kirwan, G. M. and Minns, J. 2004. Range extension for the Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu in north Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 123: 236–239. Download as PDF

Beadle, D., Grosset, A., Kirwan, G. M. and Minns, J. 2004. Range extensions for the Checkered Woodpecker, Picoides mixtus (Aves: Picidae), in north Brazil. Lundiana 5: 155. Download as PDF

Bradshaw, C. G. and Kirwan, G. M. 1995. A description of the nest of Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus from northern Bolivar, Venezuela. Cotinga 4: 30–31. Download as PDF

Bradshaw, C. G., Kirwan, G. M. and Williams, R. S. R. 1997. First record of Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsonii for the West Indies. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 117: 315–316.

Bruno, S. F., Alves de Carvalho, R. B. and Kirwan, G. M. 2006. Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata in Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Cotinga 26: 86. Download as PDF

Buzzetti, D. R. C., Mazar Barnett, J. and Kirwan, G. M. 2003. Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi. Cotinga 20: 95–97. Download as PDF

Garrido, O. H., Kirwan, G. M. and Capper, D. R. 2002. Species limits within Grey-headed Quail-dove Geotrygon caniceps and implications for the conservation of a globally threatened species. Bird Conserv. Intern. 12: 169–187. Download as PDF

Kirkconnell, A. and Kirwan, G. M. 2008. Aves de Cayo Paredón Grande, archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey, Cuba. J. Carib. Orn. 21: 26–36. Download as PDF

Mallet-Rodrigues, F., Guentert, M. and Kirwan, G. M. 2006. Records of Atlantic Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus swainsoni from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. Cotinga 26: 6–8.

Mazar Barnett, J. and Kirwan, G. M. 2004. Notes on the nest of the Striated Softtail (Thripophaga macroura), with comments on a nest of Plain Softtail (T. fusciceps) and relationships of the genus based on nest architecture. Orn. Neotrop. 15: 257–263. Download as PDF

Mazar Barnett, J., Kirwan, G. M., Pearman, M., Naka, L. N. and Tobias, J. A. 2000. Rediscovery and subsequent observations of Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus kaempferi in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with notes on conservation, life history and plumage. Bird Conserv. Intern. 10: 371–379. Reprint available

Mazar Barnett, J., Minns, J., Kirwan, G. M. and Remold, H. 2004. Informações adicionais sobre as aves dos Estados do Paraná, Santa Catarina e Rio Grande do Sul. Ararajuba 12: 55–58. Download as PDF

Naka, L. N., Mazar Barnett, J., Kirwan, G. M., Tobias, J. A. and Azevedo, M. A. G. 2000. New and noteworthy bird records from Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 120: 237–250. Download as PDF

Naka, L. N., Mazar Barnett, J., Kirwan, G. M., Tobias, J. A. and Buzzetti, D. R. C. 2001. Records of bird species previously considered uncommon in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. Cotinga 16: 68–70.

Pacheco, J. F., Kirwan, G. M., Aleixo, A., Whitney, B. M., Whittaker, A., Minns, J., Zimmer, K. J., Fonseca, P. S. M. da, Lima, M. F. de C. and Oren, D. C. 2007. An avifaunal inventory of the CVRD Serra dos Carajás project, Pará, Brazil. Cotinga 27: 15–30. Download as PDF

Piacentini, V. de Q., Ghizoni, I. R., Azevedo, M. A. G. and Kirwan, G. M. 2006. Sobre a distribuição de aves em Santa Catarina, Brasil, parte I: registros relevantes para o estado ou inéditos para a Ilha de Santa Catarina. Cotinga 26: 25–31. Download as PDF

Raposo, M. A. and Kirwan, G. M. 2008. The Brazilian species complex Scytalopus speluncae: how many times can a holotype be overlooked? Rev. Bras. Orn. 16: 78–80. Download as PDF

Raposo, M. A., Höfling, E. and Kirwan, G. M. submitted. Taxonomy of the Xiphorhynchus guttatus complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae). Wilson J. Orn.

Raposo, M. A., Höfling, E. and Kirwan, G. M. submitted. Synonymization of Dendroplex Swainson, 1827, and description of a new genus of woodcreepers (Passeriformes: Furnariidae: Dendrocolaptinae). Auk.

Raposo, M. A., Mazar Barnett, J., Kirwan, G. M. and Parrini, R. 2002. New data concerning the distribution, behaviour, ecology and taxonomic relationships of Minas Gerais Tyrannulet Phylloscartes roquettei. Bird Conserv. Intern. 12: 241–253. Download as PDF

Raposo, M. A., Stopiglia, R., Loskot, V. and Kirwan, G. M. 2006. The correct use of the name Scytalopus speluncae (Ménétriés, 1835), and the description of a new species of Brazilian tapaculo (Aves: Passeriformes: Rhinocryptidae). Zootaxa 1271: 37–56. Download as PDF

Roesler, I., Kirwan, G. M., Agostini, M. G., Beadle, D., Shirihai, H. and Binford, L. C. 2009. First sight records of White-chested Swift Cypseloides lemosi in Bolivia, with documented records of C. lemosi and White-chinned Swift C. cryptus in Peru. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 129: 222–228. Download as PDF

Salaman, P. G. W., Dávalos, L. and Kirwan, G. 1998. The first breeding records of White-rimmed Brush-finch Atlapetes leucopis with ecological notes. Cotinga 9: 24–26.

Vasconcelos, M. F., D’Angelo Neto, S., Kirwan, G. M., Bornschein, M. R., Diniz, M. G. and Francisco da Silva, J. 2006. Important ornithological records from Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 126: 212–238. Download as PDF

Vasconcelos, M. F., Maurício, G. N., Kirwan, G. M. and Silveira, L. F. 2008. Range extension for Marsh Tapaculo Scytalopus iraiensis to the highlands of Minas Gerais, Brazil, with an overview of the species' distribution. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 128: 101–106. Download as PDF

Venturini, A. C., Paz, P. R. de and Kirwan, G. M. 2002. First breeding data for Cherry-throated Tanager Nemosia rourei. Cotinga 17: 43–45. Download as PDF

Venturini, A. C., Paz, P. R. de and Kirwan, G. M. 2005. A new locality and records of Cherry-throated Tanager Nemosia rourei in Espírito Santo, south-east Brazil, with fresh natural history data for the species. Cotinga 24: 60–70. Download as PDF

White, R. W., Lehnhausen, B. and Kirwan, G. M. 2006. The first documented record of Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus for Brazil. Rev. Bras. Orn. 14: 460–462. Download as PDF

Whitney, B. M., Pacheco, J. F., Moreira da Fonseca, P. S., Webster, R. E., Kirwan, G. M. and Mazar Barnett, J. 2003. Reassignment of Chordeiles vielliardi Lencioni-Neto, 1994, to Nyctiprogne Bonaparte, 1857, with comments on the latter genus and some presumably related chordeilines (Caprimulgidae). Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 123: 103–112.

Whittaker, A. and Kirwan, G. M. 2008. Natural history data for the canopy-dwelling purpletufts Iodopleura (Cotingidae), and first documentation of Dusky Purpletuft I. fusca for Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 128: 28–35. Download as PDF

Williams, R. S. R., Kirwan, G. M. and Bradshaw, C. G. 1996. The status of the Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata in the Dominican Republic. Cotinga 6: 29–30. Download as PDF