Nannococcyx psix Olson, 1975

St. Helena cuckoo

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene (presumed to have survived until 1700's)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

St. Helena

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Olson, Storrs L. (1975). Paleornithology of St Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithson. Contrib. Paleobiol. 23: 1-49.

Other references:

BirdLife International. (2012). Nannococcyx psix. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 August 2013.

BirdLife International. (2016). Nannococcyx psix. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728841A94998433. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728841A94998433.en. Accessed on 30 June 2022.

Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.

del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

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