The Alagoas foliage-gleaner (''Philydor novaesi'') is an extinct passerine bird which was endemic to Brazil.

Taxonomy

This species was first discovered in 1979 at Murici in Alagoas, although there have been few sightings in that area since. In 2003 it was discovered at the Frei Caneca Private Reserve in Pernambuco. Due to its rarity it was classified by

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as critically endangered. It is a member of the South American bird family Furnariidae, a group in which many species build elaborate clay nests, giving rise to the English name for the family of "ovenbirds".

Description

The Alagoas foliage-gleaner is long and weighs with plain rufous-brown plumage. Sexes are similar. It inhabits interior upland forest at , and has been found singly, in pairs or small groups, and often join

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s including

lesser woodcreeper The lesser woodcreeper (''Xiphorhynchus fuscus'') is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily ( Dendrocolaptinae). It is found in eastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropi ...

Habitat scarcity

The major threat to its existence is habitat destruction, and the clearance of Atlantic forest in Alagoas and Pernambuco has left few other sites likely to support populations of this species. A 2018 study citing bird extinction patterns and the lack of any confirmed sightings since 2011 recommended reclassifying the species as Extinct, and in 2019, the IUCN classified it as so. The binomial of this bird commemorates the Brazilian ornithologist

Fernando da Costa Novaes Fernando da Costa Novaes (April 6, 1927 – March 24, 2004) was a Brazilian ornithologist who worked on the Amazonian bird fauna. Education In 1971 he was granted his doctorate from the State University of São Paulo at Rio Claro, with the thes ...

References

External links

Species factsheet
- BirdLife International {{Taxonbar, from=Q575654

Alagoas foliage-gleaner The Alagoas foliage-gleaner (''Philydor novaesi'') is an extinct passerine bird which was endemism, endemic to Brazil. Taxonomy This species was first discovered in 1979 at Murici in Alagoas, although there have been few sightings in that area ...

Birds of the Atlantic Forest Endemic birds of Brazil Critically endangered animals Critically endangered biota of South America