Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Emberizidae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Genus Pipilo | |
Similar Raiatea starling, Pagan reed warbler, Maui Nui 'akialoa, Collared towhee, Bermuda saw‑whet owl | ||
The Bermuda towhee (Pipilo naufragus) is an extinct passerine of the towhee genus confined to Bermuda. It was a large member of the genus and closely related to the Eastern towhee. The scientific description was in 2012 based on Pleistocene and Holocene remains from Quaternary cave deposits. 38 bones from at least 5 individuals are known.
An old travel report by William Strachey who was shipwrecked on Bermuda from 1609 to 1610 might refer to that species. He wrote in 1625:
Sparrowes fat and plumpe like a Bunting, bigger then ours.
References
Bermuda towhee Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA