Bermuda Towhee (Pipilo naufragus) | Details

Bermuda Towhee Pipilo naufragus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Pipilo naufragus (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was newly described from subfossil records by Olson (2012).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2022	Extinct
2016	Extinct
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend		-	-	-
Generation length	2.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: No extant population remains.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Bermuda (to UK)	extinct	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Unknown		suitable	unset
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - Unspecified species

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Past, Unlikely to Return

Whole (>90%)

Rapid Declines

Past Impact

Stresses
Species mortality

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Bermuda Towhee Pipilo naufragus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/bermuda-towhee-pipilo-naufragus on 22/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/12/2024.