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Phainoptila melanoxantha Salvin, 1877
 | On Birds collected in Costa Rica Adolphe Boucard (1878) Proceedings of The Zoological Society of London 1878: 37-71 |
 | On a second collection of birds made in Chiriqui Outram Bangs (1902) Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 3: 15-70 |
 | Carriker on the Birds of Costa Rica Carriker M. A. (1911) The Auk 28: 122-125 |
 | Mammals of Panama Edward A Goldman (1921) Smithsonian miscellaneous collections 69(5): 1-309 |
 | Birds of Volcan de Chirique, Panama E R Blake (1958) Fieldiana (Zool.) 36: 497-577 |
 | Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2. Passerines Rachel L M Warren and C J O Harrison (1971) |
 | A new subspecies of black and yellow silky flycatcher, Phainoptila melanoxantha, from Costa Rica (2000) Bulletin of The British Ornithologists' Club 120: 40-46 |