Argusianus bipunctatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	GALLIFORMES	PHASIANIDAE

Scientific Name:

Argusianus bipunctatus

Species Authority:

(J. Wood, 1871)

Common Name/s:

English

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Double-banded Argus

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:	Argusianus bipunctatus is known only from a single portion of a primary feather described in 1871 from a shipment imported into London¹, and now in the British Museum³. It has been suggested to have occurred on Java², Indonesia, or on Tioman Island, off peninsular Malaysia¹, because of the absence of the genus from these islands.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is likely to have inhabited humid lowland or mid-altitude forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The cause of its extinction is unknown, though hunting or habitat degradation may have been causal factors.

Major Threat(s):

The cause of its extinction is unknown, though hunting or habitat degradation may have been causal factors.

Bibliography [top]

	Davison, G. W. H. 1983. Notes on the extinct Argusianus bipunctatus (Wood). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 103: 86-88. Delacour, J. 1951. The pheasants of the world. Country Life, London. Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K. Parkes, K. S. 1992. [Review of] Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Journal of Field Ornithology 63: 228-235.

Davison, G. W. H. 1983. Notes on the extinct Argusianus bipunctatus (Wood). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 103: 86-88.

Delacour, J. 1951. The pheasants of the world. Country Life, London.

Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K.

Parkes, K. S. 1992. [Review of] Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Journal of Field Ornithology 63: 228-235.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Argusianus bipunctatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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