Ptilinopus mercierii tristrami Salvadori, 1892:1
Hiva Oa red-moustached fruit dove
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ptilopus tristrami Salvadori, 1892:1; Ptilinopus tristrami Salvadori, 1892:1
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1922 (Kittelberger et al., 2024); 1980?
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
This species was last collected in 1922, and this is generally believed to have been the last record of the species. However, Hay (1986) reported a sighting from 1980. But this has been called into question (Collar et al. 1994).
Distribution
Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
At least 11 specimens are known (BirdLife International, 2012).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Salvadori, T. (1892). Descrizione di una specie di Colombo del genere Ptilopus. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 7(135): 1-3.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2000). Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.
BirdLife International. (2012). Ptilinopus mercierii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 22 September 2012.
BirdLife International. 2016. Ptilinopus mercierii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22691495A93314660. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22691495A93314660.en. Accessed on 20 June 2022.
Cibois, Alice, Thibault, Jean-Claude, Meyer, Jean-Yves and Pasquet, Eric. (2015). On the origin of sympatric fruit doves in a small and remote Pacific archipelago. Pacific Science 69(3): 299-312.
Collar, N. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Stattersfield, A. J. (1994). Birds to watch 2: the world list of threatened birds. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Gibbs, D., Barnes, E. and Cox, J. (2001). Pigeons and Doves. Robertsbridge, Sussex: Pica Press.
Godino, F. M. J. (2012). Hiva Oa Red-moustached Fruit-Dove. extinct-website.com / extinct-website.co.uk .Downloaded on Saturday, September 22, 2012.
Hay, R. (1986). Bird conservation in the Pacific Islands. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
Holyoak, D. T. and Thibault, J. -C. (1984). Contribution à l'étude des oiseaux de Polynésie orientale. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Serie A: Zoologie 127: 1-209.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [pp. 143-144]
Ripley, S. D. and Birckhead, H. (1942). Birds collected during the Whitney South Sea Expedition. 51. On the fruit-pigeons of the Ptilinopus purpuratus group. Am. Mus. Novit. 1192: 1-14.
Seitre, R. and Seitre, J. (1992). Causes of land-bird extinctions in French Polynesia. Oryx 26: 215-222.
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