Rodrigues bulbul
The Rodrigues bulbul (Hypsipetes cowlesi) is an extinct bird which was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, the easternmost of the Mascarene Islands group of the western Indian Ocean.[1] It is known only from subfossil remains collected in 1974.[2]
| Rodrigues bulbul | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus: | Hypsipetes |
| Species: | †H. cowlesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hypsipetes cowlesi Hume, 2015 | |
References
- Hume, Julian P (2015). "A new subfossil bulbul (Aves: Passerines: Pycnonotidae) from Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes, south-western Indian Ocean". Ostrich. 86 (3): 247–260. doi:10.2989/00306525.2015.1067651. S2CID 83835055.
- Warren, Ben H.; Bermingham, Eldredge; Prys-Jones, Robert P.; Thebaud, Christophe. (2005). "Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00492.x.
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