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Icterus leucopteryx bairdi Cory, 1886

Grand Cayman oriole

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Icterus bairdi Cory, 1886

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1938 (Johnston, 1969); 1967 (Bradley, 2000)

 

Distribution

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Cory, Charles B. (1886). Descriptions of thirteen new species of birds from the island of Grand Cayman, West Indies. Auk 3(4): 497-501.

 

Other references:

Bradley, P. E. (2000). The Birds of the Cayman Islands. Peterborough: British Ornithologists' Union.

Johnston, D. W. (1969). The thrushes of Grand Cayman Island, B. W. I. Condor 71: 120-128.

Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [p. 257]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/8705/icterus-leucopteryx-bairdi-cayman-oriole

 

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