Coracina coerulescens altera Ramsay, 1881:34
Cebu Blackish cuckooshrike
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Edoliosoma alterum Ramsay, 1881:34
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1906 (Rabor, 1959)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
There is an unconfirmed report from 2000 (Hume & Walters, 2012:238).
Distribution
Cebu, Philippines
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ramsay, R.G. Wardlaw. (1881). Descriptions of two new species of birds. Ibis (4)5: 32-34.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Coracina coerulescens. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 24 August 2013.
Dickinson, E. C., Dekker, R. W. R. J., Eck, S. and Somadikarta, S. (2002). Systematic notes on Asian birds. 23. Types of the Campephagidae. Zool. Verh. Leiden 340: 31-74.
Dutson, Guy C. L., Magsalay, Perla M. and Timmins, Robert J. (1993). The rediscovery of the Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor, with notes on other forest birds on Cebu, Philippines. Bird Conservation International 3: 235-243.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: Poyser. 544 pp.
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [p. 192]
Rabor, D. S. (1959). The impact of deforestation on birds of Cebu, Philippines, with new records for that island. The Auk 76: 37-43.