Species Aplonis (Aplonis) fusca Gould, 1836 (Extinct)

Museums

Regional Maps

Introduction

"The last record was of the nominate subspecies on Norfolk Island in 1923; it was certainly gone by the time the island was visited in 1968" (see Birdlife International (http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=6741 — accessed January 2014)).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Extinct species

Australian Endemic.

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Broadleaf thicket/shrubland, subtropical rainforest.

 

Common Name References

Schodde, R. & Mason, I.J. 1999. The Directory of Australian Birds : Passerines. A Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Atlas of the Biodiversity of Birds in Australia and its Territories. Collingwood, Australia : CSIRO Publishing x 851 pp. (Tasman Starling)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	AVES	27-Oct-2022	MODIFIED
10-Nov-2020	Aplonis Gould, 1836	10-Feb-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)