Rubeho Forest-partridge Xenoperdix Obscurata ENDANGERED The Udzungwa forest partridge, Xenoperdix udzungwensis, is one of Africa’s rarest birds, considered threatened (“Vulnerable”, see BirdLife International, 2000) because of its very small range. The species is known from only three forests within the Udzungwa and Rubeho Highlands of the Eastern Arc Mountains in Tanzania. Xenoperdix obscurata is a […]
Category: 2003
Rowi discovered in 2003
Rowi Apteryx rowi CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Okarito brown kiwi, or rowi, are New Zealand’s rarest kiwi, with an estimated 250 surviving in just 10,000 hectares in South Okarito Forest, in South Westland. It was only in 1994 that they were found to be an entirely new species and given the name rowi. Rowi vary from other […]
Munchique Wood wren discovered in 2003
Munchique Wood-wren Henicorhina negreti CRITICALLY ENDANGERED A typical wood-wren. Sexes are similar, dark brown on the crown with warmer brown upperparts, short wings and tail are lighter warm brown barred with darker barring, prominent white supercilium above black eyestripe and ear coverts streaked white, throat white, chest pale grey, flanks, vent and undertail coverts chestnut, […]
Rarest birds in the World: Carrizal Seedeater discovered in 2003
The Carrizal Seedeater, only described in 2003, was initially known from a single location where its habitat was destroyed. It was then found at several other nearby, still having an extremely small population occupying a tiny range. Further surveys show that its range and population may be higher than suspected. It is a 12 cm […]