Threskiornis solitarius Sélys-Longchamps, 1848:293
Réunion flightless ibis, Réunion ibis, Réunion solitaire
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Threskiornis solitaria Sélys-Longchamps, 1848:293; Apterornis solitarius Sélys-Longchamps, 1848:293; Didus solitarius Sélys-Longchamps, 1848:293; Raphus solitarius Sélys-Longchamps, 1848:293; Borbonibis latipes Mourer-Chauviré & Moutou, 1987
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.1708 (Hume & Walters, 2012:67); 1708 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Réunion, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Sélys Longchamps, E. (1848). Résumé concer. nant les Oiseaux brévipennes mentionnés dans l’ouvrage de M. Strickland sur le Dodo. Revue Zoologique, October 1848: 292-295.
Other references:
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Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
Cheke, A. S. (1987). An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies of Mascarene island birds, pp. 5-89. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Cheke, Anthony S. (2013). Extinct birds of the Mascarenes and Seychelles - a review of the causes of extinction in the light of an important new publication on extinct birds. Phelsuma 21: 4-19.
Cheke, Anthony S. and Hume, Julian Pender. (2008). Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues. New Haven and London.
Feuilley, (1705). Mission à l'île Bourbon du Sieur Feuilley en 1704 [ed. A. Loughnon]. Receuil trimestriel de documents et travaux inédits pour servir à l'histoire des Mascareignes françaises 4: 3-56, 101-167 (1939).
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Fuller, Errol. (2002). Dodo: A Brief History. New York: Universe Publishing. 180 pp.
Hachisuka, M. 1953. The Dodo and kindred birds. Witherby, London.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Hume, Julian Pender and Cheke, Anthony S. (2004). The White Dodo of Réunion Island: unravelling a scientific and historical myth. Archives of Natural History 31(1): 57-79.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Janoo, Anwar. (2000). Rooting the Dodo Raphus cucullatus Linnaeus 1758 and the Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria Gmelin 1789 within the Omithurae: a cladistic reappraisal. Ostrich 71(1-2): 323-329. [Abstract]
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