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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