Aldabra Brush Warbler (Nesillas aldabrana)

Year Last Seen:

1983

Comments:

This species was formerly found on Aldabra, Seychelles, but it is now Extinct due to predation and habitat alteration by invasive species. It was last recorded in 1983, and searches in 1986 confirmed its extinction.

Habitat:

It inhabited dense coastal vegetation.

Causes:

There is little suitable habitat on Aldabra, which is likely to have played a part in its extinction. It is likely that rat and cat predation was more important though, as well as degradation of its habitat by tortoises and goats (Hambler et al. 1985, Skerrett and Disley 2011).

Distribution:

Nesillas aldabrana was endemic to Ile Malabar, Aldabra, Seychelles (Hambler et al. 1985). The species was only discovered in 1967 (Benson and Penny 1968), and the last records were in 1983 when it seemed only males remained (Hambler et al. 1985, Skerrett and Disley 2011). Intensive fruitless searches in 1986 (Collar et al. 1994) and 2003-2004 (Anon 2006) confirmed that the species was extinct (Roberts 1987).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data