Unknown Origin

Checklist of Endemic Bird Species

This list of bird species known only a type specimens of unknown origin (Sharpe's Rail) or whose breeding location has not yet been identified (Ringed Storm Petrel) is based on the taxonomy used in Dickinson (2003). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Dickinson, E.C. (Ed.)(2003) The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Revised and enlarged third edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Br = migratory species that is a breeding endemic X = extinct

Oceanodroma hornbyi (Hydrobatidae) Ringed Storm Petrel Br

Gallirallus sharpii X (Rallidae) Sharpe's Rail