Hydrobates macrodactylus Bryant, 1887

Guadelupe storm petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Oceanodroma leucorhoa macrodactyla Bryant, 1887; Oceanodroma macrodactyla Bryant, 1887

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1911 (Day, 1981; Hume & Walters, 2012:64); August 1912 (Davidson, 1928; Martin et al., 2023 [as 1912]; Kittelberger et al., 2024 [as 1912])

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

Guadelupe, Mexico

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Bryant, W. E. (1887). Additions to the ornithology of Guadelupe Island. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 2: 269-328.

Other references:

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Anthony, A. W. (1925). Expedition to Guadelupe Islands, Mexico, in 1922: Birds and mammals. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14: 277-320.

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BirdLife International. (2012). Hydrobates macrodactylus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T22698530A40247343. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22698530A40247343.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2015.

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Lowe, Stephen, Martin, Rob W., Symes, Andy, Westrip, James R. S. and Wheatley, Hannah. (2018a). Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Biological Conservation 227: 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006). Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126A: 7-24.

Butchart, Stuart H. M., Wheatley, Hannah, Lowe, Stephen, Westrip, James R. S., Symes, Andy and Martin, Rob W. (2018b). Data for: Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach. Mendeley Data, V1, doi: 10.17632/vvjhpmyxb4.1

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Davidson, M. E. McClellan. (1928). On the present status of the Guadelupe Petrel. Condor 30: 355-356.

Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.

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. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International.

del Monte-Luna, Pablo et al. (2023). A review of recent and future marine extinctions. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1: e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/ext.2023.11

Everett, William T. (2019). Rollo H. Beck's Visits to Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, with Additions and Corrections to the Island's Avifauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 65(7): 159-180.

Fisher, Diana O. and Humphreys, Aelys M. (2024). Evidence for modern extinction in plants and animals. Biological Conservation 298: 110772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110772

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Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]

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Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]

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