St Helena Cuckoo

St Helena Cuckoo

Taxobox
name = St Helena Cuckoo


status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
ordo = Cuculiformes
familia = Cuculidae
genus = "Nannococcyx"
species = "N. psix"
binomial = "Nannococcyx psix"
binomial_authority = Olson (1975)

The St Helena Cuckoo ("Nannococcyx psix") is an extinct bird. It was confirmed to have previously existed by a single humerus. Compared to other cuckoos, it was relatively small, and it probably lived in forests on the island of St Helena. Its extinction was a result of deforestation on the island in the 18th century.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30110&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet.]


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