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Pipilo naufragus Olson & Wingate, 2012

Bermuda towhee (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene; 1625 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Bermuda Islands

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, David B. (2012). A new species of towhee (Aves: Emberizidae: Pipilo) from Quaternary deposits on Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125(1): 85-96. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

BirdLife International. (2016). Pipilo naufragus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103772527A104363452. Downloaded on 17 December 2016.

BirdLife International. (2017). Pipilo naufragus (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103772527A119555053. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103772527A119555053.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.

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.

Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

 

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