Sceloglaux albifacies

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	STRIGIFORMES	STRIGIDAE

Scientific Name:

Sceloglaux albifacies

Species Authority:

(Gray, 1844)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Laughing Owl
Spanish	–	Lechuzón Cariblanco, Nínox Reidor

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Sceloglaux albifacies was endemic to New Zealand with the nominate race on the South and Stewart Islands (with bones known from the Chatham Islands) and the subspecies rufifacies on the North Island¹. Birds were not uncommon until the first half of the 19th century, but were becoming rare by the 1840s¹. The last specimens of rufifacies were collected in 1889 (with reports until the 1930s), and of albifacies, in 1914 (with reports until the 1960s)¹.

Range Description:

Sceloglaux albifacies was endemic to New Zealand with the nominate race on the South and Stewart Islands (with bones known from the Chatham Islands) and the subspecies rufifacies on the North Island¹. Birds were not uncommon until the first half of the 19th century, but were becoming rare by the 1840s¹. The last specimens of rufifacies were collected in 1889 (with reports until the 1930s), and of albifacies, in 1914 (with reports until the 1960s)¹.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species roosted and nested among rocks in open country and on forest edge¹.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Causes of the species's extinction are obscure, possibly habitat modification through grazing or burning, or predation by introduced mammals¹.

Major Threat(s):

Causes of the species's extinction are obscure, possibly habitat modification through grazing or burning, or predation by introduced mammals¹.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Sceloglaux albifacies. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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