Guam Flycatcher

Guam Flycatcher
Specimen in Mount Santa Rosa
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Monarchidae
Genus:	Myiagra
Species:	M. freycineti
Binomial name
Myiagra freycineti Oustalet, 1881

The Guam Flycatcher or Guam Broadbill (Myiagra freycineti) was a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.^[1] It was endemic to Guam, where it was known locally as the chuguangguang.^[2] Today it is extinct.

Although common on Guam as recently as the early 1970s, the Flycatcher's population went into a rapid decline due to predation by the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis, which was introduced to the island in the 1940s. The last sighting of the flycatcher was in 1983.

Given the small size of the island, the complete absence of recent sightings, and the universal presence of the brown tree snake^[2] in the bird's former habitat, the Guam Flycatcher must be considered extinct.

References

1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Myiagra freycineti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
2. ^ ^{a b} Guam Department of Agriculture

External links

• 3D view of specimen RMNH 110.008 at Naturalis, Leiden (requires QuickTime browser plugin).

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