Hi Chris
The subspecies I mentioned only occur on NI and LHI, so therefore they're
gone altogether.
Cheers
On 07/02/2008, Chris Sanderson <> wrote:
>
> Hi Lawrie,
>
> Is that extinct, or extinct in Australia?
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On Feb 7, 2008 9:00 AM, Lawrie Conole <> wrote:
>
> > Regarding the Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus) in our region -
> > speaking
> > both politically and biogeographically, Schodde & Mason (1998) have the
> > following:
> >
> > Norfolk Island - T. poliocephalus poliocephalus - apparently the
> > nominate
> > form - regarded as Extinct
> > Lord Howe Island - T. poliocephalus vinitinctus (common name
> > Vinous-tinted
> > Thrush) - regarded as Extinct
> > Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) - T. poliocephalus erythropleurus -
> > regarded
> > as 'Lower Risk - near threatened'
> >
> > Given that this bird is splattered near and far across oceanic and
> > contintental islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and varies
> > spectacularly in appearance throughout, it doesn't seem very likely that
> > an
> > exact replacement for the bird could be found for re-introduction to
> > Lord
> > Howe. The form in New Caledonia was probably the closest useful source,
> > but
> > it is probably extinct as well. Maybe a candidate from the Solomons
> > might
> > work - let it settle in and evolve into whatever kind of Island Thrush
> > Lord
> > Howe can generate. Many Island Thrush populations look for all the
> > world
> > like Eurasian Blackbirds - the end result might be aesthetically
> > disappointing, even if ecologically functional.
> >
> > L.
> >
>
>
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