Chatham tomtit | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Petroica |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. m. chathamensis
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Trinomial name | |
Petroica macrocephala chathamensis (
CA Fleming, 1950)
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The Chatham tomtit (Petroica macrocephala chathamensis) is a subspecies of tomtit found on some of the smaller islands of New Zealand. It is most similar in plumage to the South Island tomtit, the nominate subspecies. [2] The New Zealand government is implementing a plan to help this species and other bird species recover. [3] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. [4]
The Chatham tomtit has been extinct on Chatham Island since the 1970s. This subspecies now has a population of about 1,000 birds and is currently restricted to the rat-free islands of Rangatira, Mangere and Pitt. [5]
Chatham tomtit | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Infraorder: | Passerides |
Family: | Petroicidae |
Genus: | Petroica |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. m. chathamensis
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Trinomial name | |
Petroica macrocephala chathamensis (
CA Fleming, 1950)
|
The Chatham tomtit (Petroica macrocephala chathamensis) is a subspecies of tomtit found on some of the smaller islands of New Zealand. It is most similar in plumage to the South Island tomtit, the nominate subspecies. [2] The New Zealand government is implementing a plan to help this species and other bird species recover. [3] The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. [4]
The Chatham tomtit has been extinct on Chatham Island since the 1970s. This subspecies now has a population of about 1,000 birds and is currently restricted to the rat-free islands of Rangatira, Mangere and Pitt. [5]