Micrathene whitneyi graysoni (Ridgway, 1886:333)
Socorro Elf owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Micrathene graysoni Ridgway, 1886:333 (original combination); Micropallas socorroensis “Ridgway” Sharpe 1899:299
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1931 (Jehl & Parkes, 1983)
IUCN RedList status: "likely to be extinct"
Distribution
Socorro Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: USNM collection
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ridgway, Robert. (1886). Description of a New Species of Elf Owl from Socorro Island, Western Mexico. The Auk 3(3): 333-334.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Micrathene whitneyi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 19 August 2013.
del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (1999) Handbook of the birds of the world, 5. Lynx Ed., Barcelona.
Jehl, J. R. and Parkes, K. C. (1983). "Replacements" of landbird species on Socorro Island, Mexico. The Auk 100: 551-559.
Johnsgard P (2002) North American owls. Biology and natural history. Smithsonian Institute Press.
König C, Weick F, Becking JH (1999) Owls. A guide to the owls of the world. Pica Press.
Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]
Ridgway R (1914) Birds of North and Middle America. Striges. US Nat Mus Bull 50: 594-825.
Wehtje, W., Walter, H.S., Rodríguez-Estrella, R., Llinas, J. and Castellanos-Vera, A. (1993). An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Isla Socorro, Mexico. Western Birds 24: 1-16.
Weick, Friedhelm. (2006). Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.