Glaucidium mooreorum Da Silva et al., 2002
Pernambuco pygmy owl, Pernambuco pygmy-owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a synonym of Glaucidium minutissimum by (Weick, 2006:174).
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: November 2001 (BirdLife, 2016)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Pernambuco, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: UFPE collection
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Da Silva, J.M.C., Coelho, G., Gonzaga, L.P. (2002). Discovered on the brink of extinction: a new species of pygmy-owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from Atlantic forest of northeastern Brazil. Ararajuba 10(2): 121-130.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2016). Glaucidium mooreorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22733081A95053803. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22733081A95053803.en. Downloaded on 21 February 2018.
Brewer, David. (2018). Birds New to Science: Fifty Years of Avian Discoveries (Helm Photographic Guide Series). Christopher Helm. 416 pp.
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Lees, Alexander Charles and Pimm, Stuart L. (2015). Species, extinct before we know them? Current Biology 25: R177-R180.
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)]
Mittermeier, John C. et al. (2022). Fantastic lost birds and how you can help find them: an updated gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 31: 25-32.
Pereira, Glauco Aves et al. (2014). Status of the globally threatened forest birds of northeast Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 54(14): 177-194.
Piacentini, Vítor de Q. et al. (2015). Annotated checklist of the birds of Brazil by the Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee / Lista comentada das aves do Brasil pelo Comitê Brasileiro de Registros Ornitológicos. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 23(2): 91-298.
Weick, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.