| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AVES | PASSERIFORMES | ACANTHISITTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Traversia lyalli | |||
| Species Authority: | (Rothschild, 1894) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | ||||||||||||
| Year Published: | 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Assessor/s: | BirdLife International | ||||||||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Bird, J., Butchart, S. | ||||||||||||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Traversia lyalli is only known from recent times from Stephen's Island, New Zealand1, although it is common in fossil deposits from both of the main islands4. It is not thought to have existed beyond 1894. |
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The species was flightless and restricted to the rocky ground2. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Construction of a lighthouse on Stephens Island in 1894 led to the clearance of most of the island's forest, with predation by the lighthouse keeper's cat delivering the species's coup-de-grace3. |
| Citation: | BirdLife International 2008. Traversia lyalli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2012. |
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