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Myiagra freycineti

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES PASSERIFORMES MONARCHIDAE

Scientific Name: Myiagra freycineti
Species Authority: Oustalet, 1881
Common Name/s:
English Guam Broadbill, Guam Flycatcher

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
1996 Extinct
1994 Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Myiagra freycineti was endemic to Guam (to USA), where it was common until the 1970s3. However, it plummeted to extinction1 in 1983, along with most of the island's native birds2.

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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It inhabited forest.

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Its rapid decline to extinction was due to the depredations of introduced brown tree snake Boiga irregularis4.

Citation: BirdLife International 2008. Myiagra freycineti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2012.
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