Chaunoproctus ferreorostris
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AVES |
PASSERIFORMES |
FRINGILLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Chaunoproctus ferreorostris |
| Species Authority: |
(Vigors, 1828) |
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Extinct
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
2008 |
| Assessor/s: |
BirdLife International |
| Reviewer/s: |
Bird, J., Butchart, S. |
| History: |
| 2004 |
– |
Extinct
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| 2000 |
– |
Extinct
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| 1994 |
– |
Extinct
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| 1988 |
– |
Extinct
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Chaunoproctus ferreorostris is only known from specimens collected in 1827 and 1828 on Chichi-jima, Ogasawara-shoto (Peel Island, Bonin), Japan1. It could not be found on Peel by Simpson in 1854, but may have survived until 1890, when it was reported to Holst by locals2.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Nothing is known of its ecology2 apart from Kittlitz's description, "this bird lives on Bonin-sima, alone or in pairs, in the forest near the coast. It is not common but likes to hide, although of a phlegmatic nature and not shy. Usually it is seen running on the ground, only seldom high in the trees."1
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
It seems reasonable to surmise from its ecology that its extinction resulted from the deforestation of the islands, and the introduction of cats and rats3.
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