Pseudocalyptomena graueri Rothschild, 1909:690
Grauer's broadbill, African green broadbill
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1909
Rediscovered in 1929
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
DR Congo & Uganda
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1909). Description of a new bird from Africa. Ibis 51(4): 690-691. [First page]
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2016). Pseudocalyptomena graueri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22698719A93699841. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22698719A93699841.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
Butynski, T. M.; Agenonga, U.; Ndera, B.; Hart, J. F. 1997. Rediscovery of the Congo Bay (Itombwe) Owl Phodilus prigoginei. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 4(1): 32-35.
Chapin, J. P. (1953). The birds of the Belgian Congo. III. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. 75A: 1-821.
Collar, N. 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.
Friedmann, Herbert. (1970). The status and habits of Grauer's broadbill in Uganda (Aves: Eurylaemidae). Contributions in Science 180: 1-4.
Friedmann, Herbert and Williams, J. G. (1968). Notable records of rare or little known birds from western Uganda. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 77(1-2): 11-36.
Hall, J. S.; Saltonstall, K.; Inogwabini, B.-I.; Omari, I. 1998. Distribution, abundance and conservation status of Grauer's gorilla. Oryx 32: 122-130.
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, S.; Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H. 1992. The birds of Africa vol. IV. Academic Press, London.
Omari, I.; Hart, J. A.; Butynski, T. M.; Birnashirwa, N. R.; Upoki, A.; M'Keyo, Y.; Bengana, F.; Bashonga, M.; Baguruburnwe, N. 1999. The Itombwe Massif, Democratic Republic of Congo: biological surveys and conservation, with an emphasis on Grauer's gorilla and birds endemic to the Albertine Rift. Oryx 33: 301-322.
Rockefeller, J. S. and Murphy, C. B. G. (1933). The rediscovery of Pseudocalyptomena. The Auk 50: 23-29.
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)]