Cryptic treehunter

The cryptic treehunter (Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti) is an extinct species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It was endemic to Brazil.

Cryptic treehunter

Extinct  (2007?)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Cichlocolaptes
Species:
†C. mazarbarnetti
Binomial name
†Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti
Mazar Barnett & Buzzetti, 2014

Description

The species was described from a specimen that formerly had been identified as an Alagoas foliage-gleaner. Its taxonomic status is still controversial.[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

The species has only been recorded from two sites with humid forest habitat in northeast Brazil, Murici in Alagoas and Frei Caneca in Pernambuco.[1]

Conservation

Although formally described in 2014, the cryptic treehunter was last seen in the wild in 2007. The species was provisionally classified by the IUCN as Critically Endangered in 2018, but may already be extinct.[1] A 2018 study citing bird extinction patterns and the lack of any confirmed sightings since 2007 but suggests it went extinct earlier.[4] In 2019, the IUCN classified this bird as extinct.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2019). "Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T103671170A155880473.
  2. Natali Anderson (30 November 2014). "New Bird Species Discovered in Brazil: Cryptic Treehunter | Biology | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  3. Claramunt, Santiago (2014). "Morphometric insights into the existence of a new species of Cichlocolpates in northeastern Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia. 22 (2): 95–101. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Lowe, Stephen; Martin, Rob W.; Symes, Andy; Westrip, James R.S.; Wheatley, Hannah (2018-11-01). "Which bird species have gone extinct? A novel quantitative classification approach". Biological Conservation. 227: 9–18. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.08.014. ISSN 0006-3207.


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