Crithagra concolor (Barboza du Bocage, 1888)
Sao Tome canary, São Tomé canary, Sao Tome goldfinch, Sao Tome grosbeak, Sao Tomé grosbeak, São Tomé grosbeak, São Thomé grosbeak
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Neospiza concolor (Barboza du Bocage, 1888)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1888
Rediscovered in 1991 (Sergeant et al., 1992)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Barboza du Bocage, J. V. (1888). Oiseaux nouveaux de l'île St. Thomé. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes 12: 229-231.
Other references:
Atkinson PW, Peet N, Alexander J (1991) The status and conservation of the endemic bird species of São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa. Bird Conservation International 1: 255–282. [relevant citation?]
Bannerman, David Armitage. (1953). The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa, 2 volumes. Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd. [volume 2, pp. 1407-1408]
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del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
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Jones PJ, Tye A (1988) A Survey of the Avifauna of São Tomé and Príncipe. ICBP Study Report No. 24. ICBP, Cambridge, UK. [relevant citation?]
Jones P, Tye A (2006) The Birds of São Tomé and Príncipe with Annobón: Islands of the Gulf of Guinea. BOU Checklist Series 22. British Ornithologist’s Union, Oxford. [relevant citation?]
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Olmos, F. and Turshak, L. G. (2010). Bird observations from São Tomé: Monte Carmo as a priority conservation site. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17(1): 54-65.
Sargeant, D. E.; Gullick, T.; Turner, D. A.; Sinclair, J. C. (1992). The rediscovery of the São Tomé Grosbeak Neospiza concolor in south-western Sao Tomé. Bird Conservation International 2: 157-159.
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)]
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