Jamaicachtschwalbe – Wikipedia

The Jamaica ( Siphonorhis americana ), also as Little Jamaica pigeon or Jamaica goats Described, is an extremely rare or presumably extinct bird species from the family of night spheres. Even before the first specimen came to the museums, the Jamaica Shake Walbe was already mentioned in the literature. Hans Sloane described and illustrated in his work in 1707 A voyage to the islands Madera, Barbadoes, Nieves, St Christophers, and Jamaica a bird he Owl minor from pale and brown varied Called (small wood-owl). John Ray described the bird in his book in 1713 Synopsis methodica avium when Caprimnlgns or owl sylvatica jamaycensis smaller . Patrick Browne described Art 1756 in his work The civil and natural history of Jamaica. In three parts with Swallow 2. major subfusive miscella, spacing white spherical in the ultraque ala (Lesser Goat-Sucker). Carl von Linné referred to the authors mentioned above in his animal system and described the Jamaica Sachwalbe as Caprimulgus americanus . Philip Lutley Sclater transferred the Art 1861 into the new genre Siphonorhis .

The Jamaica Sachwalbe reaches a length of 23 to 25 centimeters. In the male, the top is reddish brown with black -brown shaft strips. Wide black shaft strips can be seen on the top of the head. The white throat band is characteristic. The wing ceilings are reddish brown with brownish yellow spots on the tips. The back and rush are marked by black shaft strips. The shoulder pitts have large black spots and narrow whitish stiff. The hand wings are black brown and irregularly red -brown. The outer flags are brighter. The control springs are dirty red -brown and irregularly dark brown spotted and banded. Each control spring is characterized by a black -brown subterinal and a white terminal bandage. Kehle and front breast are dark red brown. The chest is dark brown with dirty white cross stains and spring tips. The underside is bright deer brown with a dark brown band. The female is a bit paler and washed out. The tax springs have brownish yellow tips.

The Jamaica Sachwalbe is strictly nocturnal and therefore easy to overlook. It probably breeds on the floor. Hardly anything is known about her habitat. It probably occurs in the limestone forest or in the open semi -dry forest country on the south side of Jamaica. Your food consists of insects.

Today, four museum copies of the Jamaica Sachwalbe, which were found in 1844, 1858, 1859 and 1860, are known. The first male was collected in 1844, another male at Savana-la-Mar in West Moreland Parish in August 1858 and a female at Freeman’s Hall near Albert Town in September 1859. A last male was near Linstead in the region of Spanish Town in November 1860 He puts.

As possible causes of their disappearance, deforestation and invasive predators such as Mungos (introduced in 1872), rats, dogs, cats and pigs are suspected.

In 1980, sightings were reported on the unidetified night rolls at the Milk River and in the Hellshire Hills. For this reason, the Jamaica Sachwalbe is threatened by the IUCN in the category “Probably extinct)” ( critically endangered, possibly extinct ) listed.

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