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Troglodytes troglodytes orii Yamashina, 1938:227

Daito (winter) wren

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Nannus troglodytes orii Yamashina, 1938:227

 

Conservation Status

Extinct if distinct

Last record: 1938

 

The Daito wren is only known from the holotype collected in 1938 by Hyojiri Orii, after whom Yamashina named the species.

 

Distribution

Minami Daitō-jima, Daito Archipelago (=Borodino Islands), Japan

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: Yamashina Institute for Ornithology collection No. 25476

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Yamashina, Yoshimaro. (1938). A New Subspecies of Troglodytes troglodytes from the Borodino Islands. Tori 10: 227-228.

 

Other references:

Vaurie, Charles (1955). Systematic notes on Palearctic birds. No. 16, Troglodytinae, Cinclidae, and Prunellidae. American Museum Novitates 1751: 1-25.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17308/troglodytes-orii-daito-wren

 

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