| 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Extinct Family/Sub-family Meliphagidae Species name author Dickinson, 2003 Taxonomic source(s) Brooks (2000) Taxonomic note Although sometimes treated as a subspecies of New Zealand Bellbird A. melanura, the Chatham Island taxon differed in both structure and plumage2.
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Summary 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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Ecology: It inhabited the islands' dense forest.
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Threats 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.
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References 1. Fleming (1939). 2. Greenway (1967). 3. Oliver (1955).
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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: Anthornis melanocephala. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 10/2/2010 |
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 |
