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Post by Melanie on May 7, 2005 10:42:19 GMT
This is my most wanted extinct bird. I am searching for photos. So if anyone has an idea where and how i can get the photos please tell it to me.
Turdus ravidus is known from four collections (21 specimens in total) from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (to UK)1. Its habitat was dense ";knife-edged coral-rock, swamp, and mangroves, with patches here and there of the poisonous manchineel tree and of climbing cactus";2, and it presumably declined as the island's habitat was progressively cleared1. The last specimens were collected (by Brown) in 1916, and the last sight record (by Lewis) was in 19381.
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Post by sebbe67 on May 7, 2005 10:49:28 GMT
I dont know any photos but, I know several illustrations of it, dont think there is a photo on a living bird.
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Post by Melanie on May 7, 2005 10:56:41 GMT
That would be a pitty if this bird was never photographed alive.  |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 16:27:11 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 16:31:52 GMT
Mimocichla ravida was another scientific name it was known under in the past.
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 16:34:05 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 17:14:50 GMT
Nice pic noisi
Do You mean 1938 or 1981 ? You wrote 19381. Anyway, I do also not know of a photo.
1938 is what was meant the 1 is a reference number to the whole article. Melanie has not copied and pasted the whole thing so its a bit misleading and very confusing lol ;D
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Post by sebbe67 on Jun 28, 2005 14:04:43 GMT
It was last recorded 1944, but suspected to have surived another 2-3 years
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Post by dysmorodrepanis on Jun 28, 2005 14:23:12 GMT
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Post by Melanie on Jun 28, 2005 14:38:08 GMT
Thank you for this very informative article. It is interesting to know that there are still similar birds species on Grand Cayman like Mimocychla plumbea. But the photographes make me sad.
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Post by another specialist on Jul 23, 2005 8:14:45 GMT
thanks dysmorodrepanis been looking for photo of specimens/skins for a while
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Post by another specialist on Nov 7, 2005 7:32:43 GMT
 gap in nature |
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Post by sebbe67 on May 23, 2006 18:40:21 GMT
The Grand Cayman Thrush became extinct towards the middle of the tweentieth centrury, but considering the comparative lateness of this date very little is known of it. One of few things on record is a description of its song, which was apparently rather weak and hesitant, a subdued warbling than e melodic triumph. As the name indicates, the species came only from thw Island of Grand Cayman, in the West Indies, where it inhabited dense woodland. It was closely related to a widespread West Indian species, the Red-legged Thrush.  The Grand Cayman birds were large and beutiful grey thrushes that first came to public attention during 1886, when C. B. Cory described the species. He found it to be common on the Island, but its decline was to be rapid. By the outbreak of WW 1 (last specimen was collected 1911, by a proffesional bird catcher), it was rare and could only be found in remote areas of woodland. No specimens were taken after this time and the last sighting occured before the start of WW 2. Destruction of habitat was probably a key factor in the species disaperence, as it seemed to need areas of dense woodland. The last stronghold appears to have been at the eastern end of the Island. Severe hurricanes during the years 1932 and 1944 are thought to have played some role in the final destruction of the species.  |
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Post by Carlos on May 26, 2006 16:45:35 GMT
No photograph, I'm afraid, but there is this good image of this species in Bond (1980) |
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Post by sebastian on Jun 21, 2006 23:20:13 GMT
Hi! I want to know where do you obtain the pictures. I´m sorry because my english is not good...
Somebody speak spanish? I´m from Uyruguay.
Sebastián
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Post by Melanie on Jun 22, 2006 2:50:14 GMT
The pictures are scanned from books. It is only allowed to write in English in this forum. But here are some Spanish speaking guys like carlos, and bucardo. You can write to them in Spanish when you are sending a personal message.
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Post by Carlos on Jun 22, 2006 17:30:20 GMT
Hi! I want to know where do you obtain the pictures. I´m sorry because my english is not good... Somebody speak spanish? I´m from Uyruguay. Sebastián Hola Sebastián! Dont worry about your english, is good enough  Most of the images that I post in the forum are scanned from my library. Also some are found in the net. Of course you can mail me in spanish any time. |
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Post by sebbe67 on Nov 25, 2006 14:40:15 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Nov 25, 2006 17:30:37 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2007 14:26:46 GMT
 scanned from 'Thrushes' by Peter Clement and Ren Hathaway |
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