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Grand Cayman thrush

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described them as common in 1886 but shortly after its discovery, it became a favorite object for bird collectors. Twenty-one specimens were collected on four occasions in total. The first four specimens were taken in August 1886. Another three were killed in 1892 and one female was obtained in 1896.
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It was generally ashy grey with a white underbelly. Undertail coverts and the tips of the outer tail feathers were also coloured white. Exposed skin was red on the bill, feet, and around the eye. The wing length was 13.5 centimetres and the length of the tail was 11 centimetres. The bill reached a
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Afterward this bird vanished and several surveys to find this species again failed, until zoologist C. Bernard Lewis observed one individual north of East End in the eastern of Grand Cayman in the summer of 1938. This was the last reliable report of a living Grand Cayman thrush. Causes of its
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Its habitat was in the north and north-east of Grand Cayman. It consisted of swamps and mangroves with poisonous
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Cory, C. B. 1886a. Descriptions of thirteen new species of birds from the island of Grand Cayman. Auk 3:497-501.
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between 1932 and 1944. Stuffed specimens can be seen in the following museums: six in the
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Finally, thirteen specimens were shot between April and July 1916 by bird collector
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length of 2.4 centimetres and the legs were about 3.8 centimetres long.
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Bond, James (1956): Checklist of the Birds of the West Indies
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Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001): A Gap in Nature
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Conservation status
Extinct
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Turdidae
Turdus
Binomial name
Cory

Synonyms
Cory
thrush
Grand Cayman
Caribbean
manchineel trees
Epiphyllum hookeri
Charles B. Cory
W. W. Brown, Jr.
deforestation
hurricanes
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia

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