Myiagra freycineti

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	MONARCHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Myiagra freycineti

Species Authority:

Oustalet, 1881

Common Name/s:

English

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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.

Major Threat(s):

Its rapid decline to extinction was due to the depredations of introduced brown tree snake Boiga irregularis⁴.

Bibliography [top]

	Collar, N. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Stattersfield, A. J. 1994. Birds to watch 2: the world list of threatened birds. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K. Jaffe, M. 1997. And no birds sing. Barricade Books, Inc, New York. Jenkins, J. M. 1983. The native forest birds of Guam. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. Savidge, J. A. 1987. Extinction of an island forest avifauna by an introduced snake. Ecology 68: 660-668.

Collar, N. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Stattersfield, A. J. 1994. Birds to watch 2: the world list of threatened birds. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Jaffe, M. 1997. And no birds sing. Barricade Books, Inc, New York.

Jenkins, J. M. 1983. The native forest birds of Guam. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Savidge, J. A. 1987. Extinction of an island forest avifauna by an introduced snake. Ecology 68: 660-668.

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