Conothraupis mesoleuca Berlioz, 1939
Cone-billed tanager
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 25 August 1938
Rediscovered in 2003
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Berlioz, J. (1939). A new genus and species of tanager from central Brazil. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 59: 102-103.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Conothraupis mesoleuca. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 27 August 2013.
Buzzetti, D. and Carlos, B. A. (2005). A redescoberta do tiê-bicundo (Conothraupis mesoleuca) (Berlioz, 1939) [The rediscovery of the Cone-billed Tanager Conothraupis mesoleuca (Berlioz, 1939)]. Atualidades Ornitológicas 127: 3-4.
Collar, N. J., Gonzaga, L. P., Krabbe, N., Madroño Nieto, A., Naranjo, L. G., Parker, T. A. & Wege, D. C. (1992) Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. Cambridge, UK: International Council for Bird Preservation.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Tobias, Joseph A., Butchart, Stuart H. M. and Collar, Nigel J. (2006). Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding [2006]: 4-22.
Weidensaul, S. (2002) The ghost with trembling wings: science, wishful thinking, and the search for lost species. New York: North Point Press.