Lord Howe Island Thrush

Lord Howe Island Thrush

Taxobox
name = Lord Howe Island Thrush
status = EX
status_system = EPBC
status_ref = [SPRAT | name = "Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus" — Vinous-tinted Thrush | id = 67123]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Turdidae
genus = "Turdus"
species = "T. poliocephalus"
subspecies = "T. p. vinitinctus"
trinomial = "Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus"
trinomial_authority = (Gould, 1855)The Lord Howe Island Thrush ("Turdus poliocephalus vinitinctus"), also known as Vinous-tinted Thrush or Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted blackbird, is an extinct subspecies of the Island Thrush ("Turdus poliocephalus"). It was endemic to Lord Howe Island where is was named "Doctor Bird" or "Ouzel" by the islanders.

It had reached a length of 22.9 centimetres. The head was olive brown. The upperparts were chestnut brown. Wings and tail were dark brown. Throat and chin were dull brown with an olive tinge. The underparts were chestnut-coloured with a lavender tinge.

It was quite common in 1906 but its population began to diminish in 1913 due to disturbance by man, cats, dogs, goats and feral pigs. When the SS Mokambo was shipwrecked on Lord Howe in June 1918 rats escaped from the vessel and overran the island. With other endemic bird species this ground-nesting bird became extinct within six years.

Museum specimens are on display in Leiden (Netherlands), Tring (United Kingdom), Berlin, New York, Washington and Sydney.

Notes

References

*Greenway, J. C. "Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World", 1967
*Day, D. "The Doomsday Book of Animals", 1981
*Luther, D. "Die ausgestorbenen Vögel der Welt", 1986

External links

* [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=18 The Lord Howe Island Thrush in the Naturalis Museum, Leiden]


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