Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards, 1867:151
Rodrigues parrot
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Necropsittacus rodericanus Milne-Edwards, 1867:151; Necropsittacus francicus Rothschild, 1907b:197
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: subfossil remains (1761?)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Milne-Edwards, Alphonse. (1867). Mémoire sur un Psittacien fossile de l'Île Rodrigue. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris) 5(8): 145-156.
Other references:
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Barré, N., Barau, A, & Jouanin, C. (1996). Oiseaux de la Réunion. Paris : Les Éditions de Pacifique. 208 pp.
BirdLife International. (2008). Necropsittacus rodericanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 July 2011.
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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, pp. 5-89. In: Diamond, A. W. (ed.). Studies of Mascarene Island Birds. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
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Dupon, J.F. (1973) Relation de l'isle Rodrigue. Texte attribué à Tafforet, circa 1726. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Arts & Science Mauritius, 4, 1–16.
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Günther, A. and Newton, Edward. (1879). The Extinct Birds of Rodriguez. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 168: 423-437, plates 41-43.
Hachisuka, M. (1953) The dodo and kindred birds, or the extinct birds of the Mascarene Islands. London H. F. & G. Witherby, 250 pp.
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Hume, Julian Pender. (2007). Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities. Zootaxa 1513: 1-76.
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