Spelaeornis badeigularis Ripley, 1948
Mishmi wren-babbler, Rusty-throated wren-babbler, Rusty-throated wren-babbler
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 5 January 1947
Rediscovered on 18 November 2004
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Unseen for more than 50 years because of tight restrictions imposed by the Indian government upon entering the Mishmi Hills, it was confirmed to still be alive in late 2004. This species should therefore be considered as having been "relocated" rather than truly rediscovered.
Distribution
Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ripley, S. D. (1948). New birds from the Mishmi Hills. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 61: 99-110.
Other references:
Anonymous. (2005). Rediscovered wren-babbler easy to find but hard to see. World Birdwatch 27(2): 2.
BirdLife International. (2012). Spelaeornis badeigularis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 03 March 2013.
King, B. and Donahue, J. P. (2006). The rediscovery and song of the Rusty-throated Wren babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis. Forktail 22: 113-115.
Ripley, S. Dillon. (1950). A note about the wren babbler, Spelaeornis. Auk 67(3): 390-391.
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)]