Lord Howe Island woodhen  (Gallirallus sylvestris)

Authentication

Authenticated (17/1/01) by Chris Tzaros. Co-ordinator, Threatened Bird Network. Birds Australia (Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union).
http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au

Glossary

  • Endemic: a species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
  • Invertebrates: animals with no backbone.
  • Molluscs: a diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Erritzoe, J. (1993) The Birds of CITES and How to Identify Them.The Lutterworth Press, Cambridge.
  3. CITES (October, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. New South Wales Department of Environment and Climate Change (March, 2008)
    http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/plantsanimals/TheLordHoweIslandWoodhen.htm
  5. BirdLife International. (2000) Threatened Birds of the World.Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge.
  6. del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. and Sargatal, J. (1996) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol 3: Hoatzin to Auks.Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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