
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Stokes, T 
A1  - Sheils, W 
A1  - Dunn, K 
T1  - Birds of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean
JF  - Emu
JO  - EMU
Y1  - 1984
VL  - 84
IS  - 1
SP  - 23
EP  - 28
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MU9840023 
N2  - The birds of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, were surveyed by T.S. and W.S. in January 1982 and other records by W.S. and K.D. are included. Thirty-four species are recorded, of which nine are new records for the islands. Three species, introduced between 1885-1906 and recorded in 1940-41 or 1958, are believed to be extinct. Very few land or sea birds remain on the main atoll and the large rookery of seabirds on North Keeling Island is threatened by a recent increase in the number of birds killed. The endemic subspecies of the Buff-banded Rail Rallus philippensis andraosi which is common on North Keeling Island but rare on the main atoll, appears to be endangered. 
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