Hypotaenidia sylvestris (Sclater, 1870 "1869")
Lord Howe woodhen, Lord Howe Island woodhen, Lord Howe (Island) rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Cholimnas conditicius Peters & Griscom, 1928; Tricholimnas conditicius Peters & Griscom, 1928; Gallirallus conditicius Peters & Griscom, 1928
Conservation Status
Formerly extinct in the wild
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Brook, B. W.; Lim, L.; Harden, R.; Frankham, R. 1997. How secure is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen? A population vaibility analysis using VORTEX. Pacific Conservation Biology: 125-133.
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Greenway, J. C. (1952). Tricholimnas conditicus is probably a synonym of Tricholimnas sylvestris. Breviora 5: 1-4.
Lord Howe Island Board. 2009. Draft Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Plan. Lord Howe Island Board, Lord Howe Island.
Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J. 1993. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 2: raptors to lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
McAllan, Ian A. W., Curtis, Brian R., Hutton, Ian and Cooper, Richard M. (2004). The Birds of Lord Howe Island Group: A Review of Records. Australian Field Ornithology 21(Supplement): 1-82.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. 2002. Approved recovery plan for the Lord Howe Woodhen. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hurstville, NSW.
Olson, Storrs L. (1992). Requiescat for Tricholimnas conditicius, a rail that never was. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112(3): 174-179.
Peters, J. L. and Griscom, L. (1928). A new rail and a new dove from Micronesia. Proc. New England Zool. Club 10: 99-106.
Portelli, Dean and Carlile, Nicholas. (2020). Preventing the Extinction of the Lord Howe Woodhen (Hypotaenidia sylvestris) through Predator Eradication and Population Augmentation. Ornithological Science 18(2): 169-175. https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.18.175
Taylor, B.; van Perlo, B. (1998). Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
Walters, Michael. (1987). The provenance of the Gilbert Rail Tricholimnas conditicius (Peters & Griscom). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 107(4): 181-184.
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