↑William Swainson et J. Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, vol.Part 2. The Birds, Londres, J. Murray, (lire en ligne), p.486 The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.
↑Check-List of Birds of the World, vol.9, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Museum of Comparative Zoology, (lire en ligne), p.263
↑James A. Jobling, The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names, Londres, Christopher Helm, (ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4), p.305