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Spiza townsendi Audubon, 1834:183

Townsend's bunting, Townsend's dickcissel

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Spiza townsendii Audubon, 1834:183; Emberiza townsendii Audubon, 1834:183; Emberiza townsendi Audubon, 1834:183

 

Invalid (synonym)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

Last record: 11 May 1833

 

Distribution

New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Audubon, John James. (1834). Ornithological Biography, volume 2. London: Robert Havell, Jr.

 

Other references:

A.O.U. (1983). Check-list of North American birds, sixth edition. Washington D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union.

Fuller, Errol. (2000). Extinct Birds. Oxford University Press.

Hume, Julian Pender and van Grouw, Hein. (2014). Colour aberrations in extinct and endangered birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 134(3): 168-193.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Parkes, K. C. (1985). Audubon's mystery birds. Natural History 94(4): 88-93.

Paynter, R. A., Jr. (1970). In: Peters, J. L. Check List of Birds of the World, volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Sharpe, R. B. (1888). Catalogue of birds in the British Museum, volume 12. Catalogue of the Passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part III. London: Printed by order of the Trustees.

http://blog.aba.org/2014/09/open-mic-the-townsends-bunting-story.html

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/12770/spiza-townsendii

 

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