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Newtonia fanovanae Gyldenstolpe, 1933

Red-tailed newtonia

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: December 1931 (1933?)

Rediscovered in October 1989

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Madagascar

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Gyldenstolpe, N. (1933) A remarkable new flycatcher from Madagascar. Arkiv Zool. 25B(2): 1-3.

 

Other references:

BirdLife International. (2012). Newtonia fanovanae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T22715094A39332610. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22715094A39332610.en. Downloaded on 15 November 2016.

Collar, Nigel J. and Stuart, S. N. (1985). Threatened birds of Africa and related islands: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, and International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.

Du Puy, D. J.; Moat, J. 1996. A refined classification of the primary vegetation of Madagascar based on the underlying geology: using GIS to map its distribution and to assess its conservation status. In: Lourenço, W.R. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on the biogeography of Madagascar, pp. 205-218. ORSTOM, Paris.

Evans, M. I. (1991). The Red-tailed Newtonia Newtonia fanovanae in the Ambatovaky Reserve, north-east Madagascar. Bird Conserv. Intern. 1: 47–52.

Goodman, Steven M. and Schulenberg, Thomas S. (1991). The rediscovery of the Red-tailed Newtonia Newtonia fanovanae in south-eastern Madagascar with notes on the natural history of the genus Newtonia. Bird Conservation International 1: 33-45.

Jenkins, M. D. 1987. Madagascar: an environmental profile. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.

Morris, P. and Hawkins, F. (1998). Birds of Madagascar: a photographic guide. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

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)]

Turner, D. A. and Dowsett, R. J. (1988). Additions and corrections to Afrotropical and Malagasy avifaunas. 1. Western Indian Ocean islands. Tauraco 1: 130-138.

ZICOMA. (1999). Zones d'Importance pour la Conservation des Oiseaux a Madagascar.

 

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