Extinct and endangered (‘E&E’) birds in the ornithological collection of Le Beffroi Musée Boucher de Perthes-Manessier, Abbeville, France

Le Beffroi Musée Boucher de Perthes-Manessier, Abbeville, France, houses an ornithological collection totalling 2,597 mounted birds, principally from the 19th century. According to the current IUCN Red List of threatened species, the mounts represent 112 extinct or endangered (‘E&E’) bird taxa (156 specimens in total). We list the specimens of ‘E&E’ taxa that merit special curatorial attention. The list includes nine Extinct taxa (Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus c. cupido, Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius, Snail-eating Coua Coua delalandei, Great Auk Pinguinus impennis, Norfolk Island Kaka Nestor productus, Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis, Nuku Hiva Monarch Pomarea nukuhivae, South Island Piopio Turnagra c. capensis and Slender-billed Grackle Quiscalus palustris), one Extinct in the Wild (Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus) and 38 threatened species and subspecies. In addition to IUCN status, the EDGE (Evolutionary Distinctiveness and Globally Endangered) score for each species is specified.

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