Gerygone insularis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	ACANTHIZIDAE

Scientific Name:

Gerygone insularis

Species Authority:

Ramsay, 1879

Common Name/s:

English

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Lord Howe Gerygone, Lord Howe Island Gerygone

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

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:	Gerygone insularis was an abundant endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia, until the island was colonised by rats from a shipwreck in 1918⁵. It could not be found on a visit in 1936², and there are no subsequent records⁴.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It was a forest species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Presumably its extinction resulted from nest predation by rats³.

Major Threat(s):

Presumably its extinction resulted from nest predation by rats³.

Bibliography [top]

	Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. Hindwood, K. A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. Emu 40: 1-86. Recher, H. F. 1974. Colonisation and extinction: the birds of Lord Howe Island. Australian Natural History 18: 84-68. Recher, H. F.; Clark, S. T. 1974. A biological survey of Lord Howe Island with recommendations for the conservation of the island's wildlife. Biological Conservation 6: 263-273. Sharland, M. S. R. 1929. Land birds of Lord Howe Island. Emu 29: 5-11. Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York.

Hindwood, K. A. 1940. The birds of Lord Howe Island. Emu 40: 1-86.

Recher, H. F. 1974. Colonisation and extinction: the birds of Lord Howe Island. Australian Natural History 18: 84-68.

Recher, H. F.; Clark, S. T. 1974. A biological survey of Lord Howe Island with recommendations for the conservation of the island's wildlife. Biological Conservation 6: 263-273.

Sharland, M. S. R. 1929. Land birds of Lord Howe Island. Emu 29: 5-11.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Gerygone insularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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