Ficedula henrici (Hartert, 1899)
Damar flycatcher, Damar blue flycatcher
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: December 1898
Rediscovered in August 2001
IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened
Distribution
Damar (=Dammer) Island, Banda Sea, Nusa Tenggara (eastern), Indonesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hartert, E. (1899). The birds of Dammer Island in the Banda sea. Novit Zool. 7: 1224.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2015). Species factsheet: Ficedula henrici. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/07/2015.
Edwards, K. 2008. Birds of Damar Island: an introduction to Indonesia's "forgotten islands". Nature Territory: 7.
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)]
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)]
Shannaz, J. (2001). Rediscovery of the Damar Flycatcher Ficedula henrici on Damar Island, Maluku, Indonesia. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 34: 38-39.
Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.
Trainor, Colin R. (2002). An expedition to Damar Island, South West Maluku, Indonesia. Bulletin of the Oriental Bird Club 36: 18-23.
Trainor, Colin R. (2002). Rediscovery of the Damar flycatcher Ficedula henrici on Damar Island, Indonesia, after 103 years. Oryx 36(1): 14.
Trainor, Colin R. (2007). Birds of Damar Island, Banda Sea, Indonesia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127(4): 300-320.