Bowdleria rufescens

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	SYLVIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bowdleria rufescens

Species Authority:

(Buller, 1869)

Common Name/s:

English

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Chatham Fernbird, Chatham Island Fernbird, Chatham Islands Fernbird

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:	Bowdleria rufescens was endemic to Pitt and Mangere Islands in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand². It was last recorded in 1900³.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occupied low brushland.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It presumably declined to extinction due to habitat loss caused by burning and overgrazing by introduced goats and rabbits, and to predation by cats¹.

Major Threat(s):

It presumably declined to extinction due to habitat loss caused by burning and overgrazing by introduced goats and rabbits, and to predation by cats¹.

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. Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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