Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic source(s)
Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
Christidis, L. and Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Australia.
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
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
|
Average mass |
- |
Population justification: No extant population remains.
Trend justification: Gerygone insularis was reportedly abundant until the Lord Howe Island was colonised by rats from a shipwreck in 1918. It was almost extinct by 1924 (Hume 2017) though reportedly still heard frequently in 1928 (Sharland 1929). It could not be found on a visit in 1936 (Hindwood 1940), and there are no subsequent records (Recher and Clark 1974).
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Lord Howe Gerygone Gerygone insularis. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lord-howe-gerygone-gerygone-insularis on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.