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García-R, J.C.; Gibb, G.C.; Trewick, S.A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. Bibcode:2014MolPE..81...96G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID25255711.
García-R, J.C.; Gibb, G.C.; Trewick, S.A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. Bibcode:2014MolPE..81...96G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID25255711.