Aimophila ruficeps sanctorum van Rossem, 1947:55
Todos Santos rufous-crowned sparrow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1927 (van Rossem, 1947); 1970s (Collins 1999)
IUCN RedList status: "likely to be extinct"
Predation by feral cats is believed to have caused the extinction of this endemic insular subspecies (Donlan et. al. 2000).
Distribution
Isla Todos Santos (=Todos Santos Islands), Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
van Rossem, A. J. (1947). Comment on certain birds of Baja California, including descriptions of three new races. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 60: 55.
Other references:
Donlan, C. J.; Tershy, B. R.; Keitt, B. S.; Wood, B.; Sanchez, J. A.; Weinstein, A.; Croll, D. A. and Alguilar, J. L. (2000). [url=http://www.advancedconservation.org/library/donlan_etal_2000.pdf]Island conservation action in northwest Mexico, pp. 330-338[/url]. In, Browne, D. H.; Chaney, H. and Mitchell, K. (eds.). Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Samaniego-Herrera, A.; Peralta-García, A. and Aguirre-Muñoz, A. (eds.). 2007. Vertebrados de las islas del Pacífi co de Baja California. Guía de campo. Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. Ensenada, 178 pp.
Wilbur, S. R. (1987). Birds of Baja California. Los Angeles and London: University of California Press.