Zoothera terrestris Kittlitz, 1830:244 (1831?)
Bonin (Island) thrush, Kittlitz's thrush
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Turdus terrestris Kittlitz, 1830:244; Geocichla terrestris Kittlitz, 1830:244; Cichlopasser terrestris Kittlitz, 1830:244
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1828 (specimens collected); [url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=23]1850's[/url] (possible sightings)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Chichi-jima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from four (BirdLife International, 2008) or five (Naturalis [url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=23]website[/url]) specimens.
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=23]RMNH 89298[/url] (adult)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kittlitz, F.H. von. (1830). Über die Vögel der Inselgruppe von Boninsima beobachtet zu Anfang May 1828. Mémoires Présentés à l‘Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg par Divers Savans, et lus dans ses Assemblées 1: 231-248.
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