Anas gibberifrons remissa Ripley, 1942:94
Rennell Island teal
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Anas castanea remissa Ripley, 1942:94; Anas gracilis remissa Ripley, 1942:94
An invalid subspecies according to (Dickinson, 2003).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: 1959 (Hume & Walters, 2012)
Distribution
Rennell Island, Solomon Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ripley, S. D. (1942). A review of the species Anas castanea. The Auk 59(1): 90-99.
Other references:
Bradley, D. and Wolfe, T. (1956). The birds of Rennell Island, pp. 85-120. In: The Natural History of Rennell Island, vol. 1. Copenhagen: Danish Science Press.
Dickinson, E. C. (ed.). (2003). The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. London: Christopher Helm.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Young, H. Glyn, Tonge, Simon J. and Hume, Julian Pender. (1996). Review of Holocene wildfowl extinctions. Wildfowl 47: 167-181.