Aplonis mavornata Buller, 1887
Mysterious starling, Mauke starling
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 9 August 1825 (Kittelberger et al., 2024 [as 1825])
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Mauke (=Ma'uke = Akatokamanava), Cook Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the holotype:
BMNH Old Vellum Catalog 12.192
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Buller, Walter L. (1887): [Description of Aplonis mavornata] In: A history of the birds of New Zealand (2nd edition) 1: 25. Published by the author, London.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Aplonis mavornata. 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.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014
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