| 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Extinct Family/Sub-family Monarchidae Species name author Oustalet, 1881 Taxonomic source(s) Brooks (2000), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) |
Summary 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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Ecology: It inhabited forest.
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Threats Its rapid decline to extinction was due to the depredations of introduced brown tree snake Boiga irregularis4.
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References 1. Collar et al. (1994). 2. Jaffe (1997). 3. Jenkins (1983). 4. Savidge (1987).
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Text account compilers Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Simon Mahood (BirdLife International) |
IUCN Red List evaluators Jeremy Bird (BirdLife International), Tom Brooks (Conservation International), Stuart Butchart (BirdLife International), Alison Stattersfield (BirdLife International) |
| Recommended citation BirdLife International (2009) Species factsheet: Myiagra freycineti. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 9/2/2010 |
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List. To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife To contribute to discussions on the evaluation of the IUCN Red List status of Globally Threatened Birds, please visit BirdLife's Globally Threatened Bird Forums |
