Brace’s Emerald (Riccordia bracei)

Year Last Seen:

1877

Comments:

This species is known from the island of New Providence, Bahamas, but has been driven to extinction by human disturbance. A specimen was taken in 1877 and it was probably Extinct soon afterwards: subsequent collectors found no trace of it.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though it was likely to have been typical of the genus.

Causes:

The cause of its extinction is unknown, presumably owing to some kind of human disturbance (Olson and Hilgartner 1982).

Distribution:

Chlorostilbon bracei is known only from the type, described in 1877 by Lawrence, from New Providence, Bahamas (Olson and Hilgartner 1982), although fossil hummingbird bones found on the island (Graves and Olson 1987) are probably also referable to this species (Olson and Hilgartner 1982).

References:

IUCN Redbook Data