Cyanolanius madagascarinus bensoni Louette & Herremans, 1982
Grande Comore Blue Vanga
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
May be valid as Cyanolanius comorensis bensoni (BirdLife International, 2016).
Conservation Status
Missing (Schulenberg, 2013; Yamagishi & Nakamura, 2016) [Rediscovered in February 2010?]
Last record: August 1981
Distribution
Grande Comore, Comoro Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Louette & Herremans 1982 Bull.Br.Orn.Club 102 p.133
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2016). Cyanolanius comorensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103703653A104074965. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103703653A104074965.en. Accessed on 09 March 2024.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Schulenberg, T. S. (2016). Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus. In: Safford R. J. and Hawkins, A. F. A (eds), The Birds of Africa. Vol VIII: The Malagasy Region, pp. Pp. 815-817. Christopher Helm.
Yamagishi, S. and Nakamura, M. (2016). Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (ed.), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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