Toxostoma guttatum (Ridgway, 1885)
Cozumel thrasher
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 2004 (Curry et al., 2006; Martin et al., 2023)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
One of numerous species rediscovered prior to it's second extinction (last record 1995-rediscovered 2004).
Distribution
Cozumel, México
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ridgway (1885) Proc.Biol.Soc.Wash. 3 p.21
Other references:
AOU. 1998. Check-list of North American birds. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
BirdLife International. (2012). Toxostoma guttatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T22711105A39680957. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22711105A39680957.en. Downloaded on 18 January 2016.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1
Curry, R. L.; Martínez-Gómez, J.E. 2005. Status and conservation of the Cozumel Thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum).
Curry, R. L.; Martínez-Gómez, J. E.; Hernández-Molina, E.; Chacón-Diaz, A. R. 2006. Conservation status of the critically endangered Cozumel Thrasher in relation to that of Cozumel's other endemic birds. Wings without borders: IV North American Ornithological Conference, October 3-7, 2006, Veracruz, Mexico, pp. 75. American Ornithologists' Union, Waco, TX, USA.
Howell, S. N. G.; Webb, S. 1995. A guide to the birds of Mexico and northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Macouzet, T.; Escalante Pliego, P. 2001. Registros del Cuitlacoche de Cozumel Toxostoma guttatum posteriores al Huracán Gilberto. Cotinga 15: 32-33.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Mittermeier, John C. et al. (2022). Fantastic lost birds and how you can help find them: an updated gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 31: 25-32.
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)]
Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
http://www.jyi.org/issue/bird-rediscovered-after-decade-disappearance/