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References

Tarof, Scott and James V. Briskie. 2008. Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/099 doi:10.2173/bna.99

Thomas W. Sherry. 1979. Competitive Interactions and Adaptive Strategies of American Redstarts and Least Flycatchers in a Northern Hardwoods Forest. The Auk Vol. 96, No. 2 pp. 265-283

Perry, Ethan F., Manolis, James C., and David E. Andersen. 2008. Reduced Predation at Interior Nests in Clustered All-purpose Territories of Least Flycatchers (Empidonax minimus). The Auk 125(3):643-650.