Hostname: page-component-74656f9884-54qdv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-10T09:25:01.778Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Extinction by assumption; or, the Romeo Error on Cebu

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2025

N.J. Collar
N.J. Collar*
Affiliation:
BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court Girton Road, Cambridge CB3 ONA, UK
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
News and Views
Information
Oryx , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 239 - 244
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1998

References

Bernad, M.A. 1958. Manung-gal crash, a year later. Philippine Studies, 61, 53–86.Google Scholar
Bourns, F.S. and Worcester, D.C. 1894. Preliminary notes on the birds and mammals collected by the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippine Islands. Occasional Papers. Minn. Academy Natural Science, 1, 1–64.Google Scholar
Brooks, T., Magsalay, P., Dutson, G. and Allen, R. 1995. Forest loss, extinctions and last hope for birds on Cebu. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin, 21, 24–27.Google Scholar
Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2: The World List of Threatened Birds. Birdlife International, Cambridge.Google Scholar
Diamond, J.M. 1984. Historic extinctions: a Rosetta Stone for understanding prehistoric extinctions. In Quaternary Extinctions: a Prehistoric Revolution (eds Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G.), pp. 824–862. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.Google Scholar
Dickinson, E.C., Kennedy, R.S. and Parkes, K.C. 1991. The Birds of the Philippines: an Annotated Check-list. Check-list no. 12, British Ornithologists' Union, Tring, UK.Google Scholar
Dutson, G.C.L., Magsalay, P.M. and Timmins, R.J. 1993. The rediscovery of the Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor, with notes on other forest birds on Cebu, Philippines. Bird Conservation International, 3, 235–243.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gonzales, R.B. and Alcala, A.C. 1969. Rare and threatened Philippine vertebrates. Phil. Biota, 4, 6–13.Google Scholar
Kennedy, R.S. and Miranda, H.C. 1998. In memoriam: Dioscoro S. Rabor, 1991–96. Auk, 115, 204–205.10.2307/4089125CrossRefGoogle Scholar
King, W.B. 1978 1979. Red Data Book, 2: Aves. 2nd edn. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland.Google Scholar
Magsalay, P.M. 1993. Rediscovery of four Cebu endemic birds Philippines. Asia Life Sciences, 2, 141–148.Google Scholar
Magsalay, P., Brooks, T., Dutson, G. and Timmins, R. 1995. Extinction and conservation on Cebu. Nature, 373, 294.10.1038/373294a0CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McGregor, R.C. 1907. Notes on birds collected in Cebu. Philippines Journal of Science, 2, 298–309.Google Scholar
Rabor, D.S. 1959. The impact of deforestation on birds of Cebu, Philippines, with new records for that island. Auk, 76, 37–43. [Reprinted in VIII Bull. ICBP 1962, 79–85.]CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Soulé, M.E. 1987. Where do we go from here? In Viable Populations for Conservation (ed. Soulé, M. E.), pp. 175–183. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stattersfield, A.J., Crosby, M.J., Long, A.J. and Wege, D.C. 1998. Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Series 7, BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.Google Scholar
Timmins, R. 1992. Is the Cebu Flowerpecker extinct? Oriental Bird Club Bulletin, 15, 10–11.Google Scholar
Vincent, J. 1966–1971. Red Data Book, 2: Aves. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland.Google Scholar
Wilson, E.O. 1992. The Diversity of Life. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.Google Scholar