Chatham Islands Fernbird
Poodytes rufescens(Buller, WL, 1869)
English (US) Chatham Islands Fernbird
The Chatham Islands Fernbird (Poodytes rufescens) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Locustellidae (Grasshopper Warblers, Grassbirds, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: formerly Chatham Islands; extinct, last reported 1900Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Poodytes rufescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Chatham Islands Fernbird
- Described by
- (Buller, WL, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sphenoeacus rufescens
- Described by
- (Buller, WL, 1869)
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.17 p.38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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