Fan-tailed Gerygone (Gerygone insularis)
Posted on 31 December, 1936 in Extinct • Tagged with Australia (Lord Howe Island), family-ACANTHIZIDAE, extinct-1930s
Year Last Seen:
1936
Comments:
This species was endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia, but was driven Extinct by the depredations of introduced rats. It was last recorded in 1928, with none found on a survey in 1936.
Habitat:
It was a canopy-dwelling forest species (Hull 1909), feeding on small …
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