Pipilo maculatus
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| Guadelupe Towhee (Pipilo maculatus consobrinus) |
| syn. Pipilo erythrophthalmus consobrinus |
| distribution: Mexico: Isla Guadalupe |
| native name:
Rascador de Ojo Rojo de Guadalupe - Mexico Toquí Pinto de Guadalupe - Mexico Toquí Pinto de Isla Guadalupe - Mexiko |
| size: ca. 18 cm
(length) extinction date: last seen in June 1897 |
| The vegetation on the island
of Guadalupe was destroyed almost completely by introduced goats. The reasons for the extinction of almost the whole native bird fauna on that island are therefore well known. |
| References: - Dieter Luther: 'Die ausgestorbenen Vögel der Welt' (1986) |