Regulus calendula obscurus Rigdway, 1876
Guadalupe ruby-crowned kinglet
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 11 June 1953 or later
IUCN RedList status: "now considered extinct"
Distribution
Isla Guadelupe, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ridgway, Robert. (1876). Ornithology of Guadalupe Island, based on notes and collections made by Dr. Edward Palmer. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Vol 2, p. 184-185.
Other references:
Barton, D.C., Lindquist, K.E., Henry, R.W. and Luna Mendoza, L.M. (2004). Landbird and Waterbird Notes from Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Western Birds 35(4): 186-196.
BirdLife International. (2012). Regulus calendula. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 19 August 2013.
Howell, Thomas R. and Cade, Tom J. (1954). The birds of Guadalupe Island in 1953. Condor 56(5): 283-294.
Ingold, J., G. Wallace. (2008). Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The Birds of North America Online, 119: None.
Jehl, J. R. and Everett, W. T. (1985). History and status of the avifauna of Isla Guadalupe, Mexico. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20: 313-336.
Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]
Sauer, J. R., J. E. Hines, J. E. Fallon, K. L. Pardieck, D. J. Ziolkowski, Jr., and W. A. Link. 2014. The North American Breeding Bird Survey, Results and Analysis 1966 - 2013. Version 01.30.2015 USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD.
Thayer, John E. and Bangs, Outram. (1908). The present state of the ornis of Guadeloupe Island. Condor 10(3): 101-106.