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Turdus xanthorhynchus Salvadori, 1901

Príncipe thrush

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1920's

Rediscovered in 1996 (Christy and Gascoigne, 1996)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Príncipe, São Tomé e Principe

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Salvadori 1901 Boll.Mus.Zool.Anat.Comp.Torino 16 no.414 p.2


Other references:

BirdLife International. (2012). Turdus xanthorhynchus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 August 2013.

Christy, P. and Gascoigne, A. (1996). Principe Thrush rediscovered after more than 50 years. Gulf of Guinea Conservation Newsletter 4: 2-3.

Dallimer, M.; Melo, M.; Collar, N. J.; Jones, P. J. (2010). The Príncipe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus: a newly split, 'Critically Endangered', forest flagship species. Bird Conservation International 20(4): 375-381.

Melo, M., Jones, P. J. and de Lima, R. F. (2022). The Avifauna of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands, pp. 555-592. In: Ceríaco, L.M.P., de Lima, R.F., Melo, M., Bell, R.C. (eds.). Biodiversity of the Gulf of Guinea Oceanic Islands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06153-0_21

Rebelo, Guilherme R. V. et al. (2023). A tale of two species: the importance of native ecosystems for long-term conservation on Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea. Oryx. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605323000364

 

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