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Post by Melanie on May 10, 2005 21:05:32 GMT
Norfolk Island Starling Aplonis fusca ssp. fusca (Gould, 1836) Status:It was last recorded in 1923. Extinct since 1925. Museum specimens:Taxonomy:DistributionIt was endemic to Norfolk Island (Australia). StatusHull (1909) recorded them is more puzzling, because R. rattus did not reach the island until the 1940s. It may have been a result of habitat destruction. - References - |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 13, 2005 8:49:29 GMT
TAXON SUMMARY Tasman Starling (Norfolk Island) 1 Family Sturnidae 2 Scientific Name Aplonis fusca fusca Gould, 1836 3 Common Name Tasman Starling (Norfolk Island) 4 Conservation status Extinct 5 Reasons for listing There have been no records of this subspecies since 1923. 6 Infraspecific taxa A. f. hulliana (Lord Howe I.) is also extinct. 7 Past range and abundance This subspecies of the Tasman Starling was endemic to Norfolk I. (Schodde et al., 1983). It has not been recorded since 1923. There are no estimates of the previous population size. 8 Ecology The preferred habitat of the Norfolk Island subspecies of the Tasman Starling has not been recorded, but was probably rainforest. 9 Reasons for extinction Clearance for agriculture would have reduced the area of available native habitat and hence population size. In the ten years before extinction, European Blackbird Turdus merula, Song Thrush T. philomelos and Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris were introduced to the island, and probably out-competed the native starling (Schodde et al., 1983, M. Christian). www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/action/birds2000/pubs/tasman-starling.pdf |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 10:42:56 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jun 14, 2005 11:26:14 GMT
Norfolk and Lord Howe Starling The Norfolk and Lord Howe starlings are two forms of the same species Aplonis fusca ( Gould, 1836). The rats that were responsible for the extinction of the Lord Howe subspecies Aplonis fusca hulliana reached the island during the disaster with the SS Makambo in June 1918. Until that time the starling was considered a pest by the local fruit farmers. Almost simultaneously the Norfolk Island Starling Aplonis fusca fusca disappeared from nearby Norfolk Island. Only a handful of museum specimens of these starlings are still in existence. The National Museum of Natural History possesses three skins of the Lord Howe form, two of which were donated by the museum in Sydney; the provenance of the third specimen is unknown. A fourth skin, of an immature specimen, was purchased from the dealer G.A. Frank and is labelled " Norfolk or Lord Howe". Norfolk and Lord Howe Starling The Norfolk and Lord Howe starlings are two forms of the same species Aplonis fusca ( Gould, 1836). The rats that were responsible for the extinction of the Lord Howe subspecies Aplonis fusca hulliana reached the island during the disaster with the SS Makambo in June 1918. Until that time the starling was considered a pest by the local fruit farmers. Almost simultaneously the Norfolk Island Starling Aplonis fusca fusca disappeared from nearby Norfolk Island. Only a handful of museum specimens of these starlings are still in existence. The National Museum of Natural History possesses three skins of the Lord Howe form, two of which were donated by the museum in Sydney; the provenance of the third specimen is unknown. A fourth skin, of an immature specimen, was purchased from the dealer G.A. Frank and is labelled " Norfolk or Lord Howe". www.naturalis.nl/300pearls/default.asp |
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Post by sebbe67 on Dec 30, 2006 15:30:58 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Aug 22, 2007 11:44:22 GMT
 3c 154 059 000 Norfolk Gerygone Gerygone modesta 4c 76 054 000 Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis 9c 136 114 000 Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus 45c 0 122000 Norfolk Starling Aplonis fusca www.birdtheme.org/country/norfolk.html |
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Post by another specialist on Aug 22, 2007 12:10:02 GMT
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