Notes on the biology of the threatened Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus xanthopus in New Caledonia

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Authors: Villard, Pascal, Duval, Thomas, Papineau, Christian, Cassan, Jean-Jérôme, Fuchs, Jérôme
• Other Authors: Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Merle; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03787069; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270919000091

International audience Summary Three subspecies of Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus were historically found in New Caledonia. All these subspecies were considered extinct until 1978, when T. p. xanthopus was rediscovered on two small islands, Néba (∼ 3.5 km 2 ) and Yandé (∼ 13 km 2 ). On Néba, we...