Melanospiza richardsoni (Cory, 1886)
St Lucia black finch, St. Lucia black finch
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in 1929
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Saint Lucia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2016). Melanospiza richardsoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22723725A94830466. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723725A94830466.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
Bond, James. (1929). The rediscovery of the St. Lucian Black Finch (Melanospiza richardsoni). The Auk 46(4): 523-526.
Bond, James. (1979). Birds of the West Indies. Collins, London.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Keith, A. R. 1997. The birds of St Lucia, West Indies: an annotated check-list. British Ornithologists Union, Tring, UK.
Raffaele, H., Wiley, J., Garrido, O., Keith, A., and Raffaele, J. 1998. Birds of the West Indies. Christopher Helm, London.
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)]
Trail, P. W.; Baptista, L. F. 1989. The behaviour, status and relationships of the endemic St Lucia Black-finch. National Geographic Society Research Reports 5(1): 82-98.