Troglodytes aedon guadeloupensis (Cory, 1886)
Guadeloupe wren, Guadaloupe house wren
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Troglodytes martinicensis guadeloupensis (Cory, 1886); Thryothorus guadeloupensis Cory, 1886 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 29 May 1973 (Barlow, 1978)
Sadly one of the species which was rediscovered and then lost again; this time presumably for good.
Distribution
Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Other references:
Barlow, J. C. (1978). Another colony of the Guadeloupe House Wren. Wilson Bulletin 90(4): 635-637.
Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292. [pp. 195-196]
Kroodsma, D. and Brewer, D. (2005). Family Troglodytidae (Wrens). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and D.A. Christie eds). Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.
Levesque, A. and Mathurin, A. (2008). Guadeloupe. In Important Bird Areas in the Caribbean (D.C. Wege and A. Anadon-Irizarry eds). BirdLife International, Cambridge.