South Island Piopio (Turnagra capensis)
Posted on 31 December, 1905 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-ORIOLIDAE, extinct-1900s
Year Last Seen:
1905
Comments:
This species is known from New Zealand's South Island, but is now Extinct as a result predation and habitat destruction. The last confirmed record was of the nominate subspecies, in 1905.
Habitat:
It was observed foraging in native forest undergrowth.
Causes:
Its extinction was probably …
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