Psittacula bensoni (Holyoak, 1973:417)

Mauritius grey parrot, Thirioux's parrot, Thirioux’s grey parrot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Lophopsittacus bensoni Holyoak, 1973:417

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1759 ("Cossigny, 1764" cited by Hume & Walters, 2012:174; Kittelberger et al., 2024); 1764 (BirdLife International, 2012)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

Mauritius, Mascarene Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Holyoak, D. T. (1973). An undescribed extinct parrot from Mauritius. Ibis 115(3): 417-419.

Other references:

Barnwell, P.J. (1948) Visits and Despatches 1598-1948. Port Louis, Mauritius Standard Printing Establishment. 306 pp.

Begin en de voortgangh van de Vereenighde Nederlandtsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie, vervattende de Voomaemste Reysen……Gedruckt in den jaere (1646).

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

BirdLife International. 2016. Lophopsittacus bensoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728844A94998578. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728844A94998578.en. Accessed on 30 June 2022.

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: Yale University Press. 464 pp.

Cowles, G. (1987) The fossil record, pp. 90-100. In: Diamond, A. W. (Ed.) Studies of Mascarene Island birds. Cambridge Cambridge University 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. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Hume, Julian Pender. (2005). The vertebrate palaeontology of the western Indian Ocean. PhD thesis, Portsmouth University & NHM, Tring.

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.

Hume, Julian Pender. (2013). A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands, pp. 195-237. In: Göhlich, U.B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.

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)]

Rijsdijk, K.F., Hume, J.P., Bunnik, F.D., Florens, V., Baider, C., Shapiro, B., Plicht, J.v.d., Janoo, A., Griffiths, O., Hoek Ostende, L.W.v.d., Cremer, H. & Vernimmen. T. (2009): Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone concentration-lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus). – Quaternary Science Revues 28: 14-24.

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Soete-boom, H. (1648). ‘Derde voomaemste Zeegetogt (der verbondene vrije Nederlanden) na de Oost-Indien: gedaan met de Achinsche en Moluksche vloten, onder de Ammiralen Jacob Heemskerk en Wolfert Harmansz. In de jare 1601, 1602, 1603. Enz. Getrocken uit de naarstige aanteekeningen van Willem van West-Zanen, Schipper op de Bruin-Vis…en met eenige noodige bijvoegselen vermeerdert, door Amsterdam.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

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