Eos histrio histrio Müller, 1776:76

Sangihe red-and-blue lory

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Psittacus histrio Müller, 1776:76

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: mid-1990's (Hume & Walters, 2012:169)

IUCN RedList status: "probably now extinct"

One or more populations (of probable hybrid status) were discovered in 1995 (Juniper & Parr, 1998). The last recorded date of pure bred individuals thus seems to actually pre-date the 1990's. No records of the species were made between the late 1970's and 1986.

Distribution

Sangihe (=Sangir =Sangir Besar), Sangihe Islands (=Sangihe Archipelago), Indonesia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Müller, P. L. S. (1776). Des Ritters C. von Linne...vollstandiges Natursystem nach der zwolften Lateinischen Ausgabe und nach Anleitung des Hollandischen Houttuynischen Werks, mit einer ausfuhrlichen Erklarung ausgefertiget. Supplement. Nurnberg.

Other references:

Berryman, Alex J. (2021). Sangihe’s forest birds under threat. BirdingASIA 36: 13-15.

BirdLife International. (2012). Eos histrio. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 August 2013.

Collar, N. J. et al. (2001). Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book, 3rd edition. Part 3.Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.

Forshaw, Joseph M. (1989). Parrots of the world. 3rd ed. Minneapolis, Avian Publications. 672 pp.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.

Juniper, T. and Parr, M. (1998). Parrots: A Guide to Parrots of the World. Sussex: Pica Press.

Joseph Kelly, Arief Rahman, Ingo Grass, Johny S. Tasirin and Matthias Waltert. (2017). Avifaunal status updates, range extensions and potential new taxa on the lesser Sangihe and Talaud islands, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 482-496.

Meyer, A. B. and Wiglesworth, L. W. (1898). The Birds of the Celebes and the Neighbouring Islands, volume 1. Berlin: R. Freiländer.

Riley, J. (1997). The birds of Sangihe and Talaud, North Sulawesi. Kukila, 9: 3-37.

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