Falco peregrinus furuitii Momiyama, 1927

Bonin peregrine falcon, Iwo peregrine falcon, Volcano Islands peregrine falcon, Iwo peregrine

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Falco peregrinus fruitii Momiyama, 1927 (spelling error)

Original described as "fruitii", this is clearly in error as the taxon was named "in honour of Mr. I. Furuiti" (see [url=http://www.birdforum.net/archive/index.php?t-253527.html]here[/url]). The specific name was emandated by (Mayr & Cottrell, 1979:422).

Conservation Status

Last record: between 1937 and 1945 (1937?)

Distribution

Volcano Islands (San Alessandro Island) and Ogasawara (=Bonin) Islands, Japan

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Momiyama, Tokuutaro. (1927). [description of Falco peregrinus furuitii]. Annotationes Ornithologiae Orientalis 1(1): 71.

Other references:

Mayr, Ernst and Cottrell, G. William. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 1, second edition ("Revision of the work of James L. Peters"). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Minton, Jason. (1994). Measurments of 21 Falco peregrinus furuitii specimens. Strix 13: 247-249.

White, C. M. and Boyce, D. A. Jr. (1988). An overview of Peregrine Falcon Subspecies, pp. 789-810. In: Cade, T. (ed.). Peregrine Falcon Populations. Boise, Idaho: The Peregrine Fund, Inc.

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