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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.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17311/cyanolanius-madagascarinus-bensoni

 

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