Aplonis fusca hulliana Mathews, 1912:451
Lord Howe (Island) starling, Doctor bird, Cudgimeruk, Cujermerook (archaic)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aplonis hulliana Mathews, 1912:451; Aplonis fusca hullianus Mathews, 1912:451 (emandation); Aplornis fuscus hulliana Mathews, 1912:451
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1918 (Hindwood, 1940; Tyrberg, 2009:103)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=30]RMNH 110.032[/url] (male)
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=30]RMNH 110.033[/url] (adult, female)
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=30]RMNH 110.035[/url] (female)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mathews, Gregory M. (1912). A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 171-455.
Other references:
Bell, Roy. (1913-14). Lord Howe Island Journal (Bird collections, etc.). Unpub. (xerox copy from typescript of handwritten Ms.) Aust. Mus. Library.
BirdLife International. (2012). Aplonis fusca. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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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.
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Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). (2007). Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan Appendices. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney. vii + 267 pp.
Etheridge, R. (1889). The general zoology of Lord Howe Island; containing also an account of the collections made by the Australian Museum Collecting Party, Aug.–Sept., 1887. Australian Museum Memoir 2(1): 1-42, plates iv-v.
Fuller, Errol. (1988). Extinct Birds. New York: Facts on File Publications. 256 pp.
Garnett, Stephen (ed.). (1992). Threatened and Extinct Birds of Australia. RAOU Report Number 82. 212 pp.
Garnett, S. T. and Crowley, G. M. (2000). The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000. Canberra, ACT: Environment Australia & Birds Australia.
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