Anthornis melanocephala

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	PASSERIFORMES	MELIPHAGIDAE

Scientific Name:	Anthornis melanocephala
Species Authority:	Gray 1843
Common Name/s: English – Chatham Bellbird, Chatham Island Bellbird

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:	Anthornis melanocephala was endemic to Chatham, Mangere and Little Mangere Islands, New Zealand2. The last records were in 1906 from Little Mangere1.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabited the islands' dense forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

The reasons for its decline are obscure, but were probably a combination of habitat destruction, predation by introduced rats and cats2, and over-collection for the Museum trade3.

Bibliography [top]

Fleming, C. A. 1939. Birds of the Chatham Islands. Emu 38: 380-413, 492-509. Greenway, J. C. 1967. Extinct and vanishing birds of the world. Dover Publications, New York. Oliver, W. R. B. 1955. New Zealand birds. Reed, Wellington, New Zealand.