Oates, E. W. (1889). "Genus Schoenicula, Blyth 1844". The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 384–385.
Jerdon, T.C. (1863). "Schoenicula platyura". The birds of India. Vol. 2, Part 1. Calcutta: The Military Orphan Press. p. 73.
Baker, E.C.S. (1924). "Genus Schoenicola". The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Birds. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 437–438.
Collar, NJ; AV Andreev; S Chan; MJ Crosby; S Subramanya; JA Tobias, eds. (2001). Threatened Birds of Asia(PDF). BirdLife International. pp. 2195–2199. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
Collar, NJ; AV Andreev; S Chan; MJ Crosby; S Subramanya; JA Tobias, eds. (2001). Threatened Birds of Asia(PDF). BirdLife International. pp. 2195–2199. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2010.