Gerygone insularis Ramsay, 1878:117
Lord Howe (Island) gerygone, Lord Howe Island flycatcher, Rain-bird, Pop-goes-the-Weasel, Lord Howe Island fly-eater
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Royigerygone insularis Ramsay, 1879; Pseudogerygone insularis Ramsay, 1879; Gerygone igata insularis Ramsay, 1879; Gerygone Thorpei Ramsay, 1887:677
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1928 (Sharland, 1929; Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Above: illustration (bottom bird) from Mathews (1928).
References
Original scientific description:
Ramsay, E. P. (1878). On two new species of Gerygone. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 116-118.
Other references:
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Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
Christidis, L. and Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
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Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). (2007). Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan Appendices. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney. vii + 267 pp.
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Etheridge, R. (1889). The general zoology of Lord Howe Island; containing also an account of the collections made by the Australian Museum Collecting Party, Aug.–Sept., 1887. Australian Museum Memoir 2(1): 1-42, plates iv-v.
Ford, J. (1986). Phylogeny of the acanthizid warbler genus Gerygone based on numerical analyses of morphological characters. Emu 86: 12-22.
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Hindwood, Keith A. (1938). The extinct birds of Lord Howe Island. Australian Museum Magazine 6(9): 319-324.
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