Talk:Lyall's wren

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Name

Is this Traversia lyalli or Xenicus lyalli? Nurg 06:21, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

See atricle - Xenicus is preferred, but Traversia is plausible. Maybe they'll change it back to Traversia sometime soon, if they do DNA sequencing. Dysmorodrepanis 17:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

They have. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:45, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What?

What is the following sentence trying to say, namely " It was only seen alive by Westerners on two occasions before the entire population was killed by the lighthouse keeper's cat named Tibbles in 1894"? Westerners = Europeans? The lighthouse keeper and one other "Westerner" built the lighthouse because no-one but those two ever visited that area? The bird never arrived there until after the lighthouse was built? Moriori 22:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See March 7, 1995. Of course the whole story now reads rather different... Dysmorodrepanis 17:50, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Support changes

I support the most recent changes by Dysmorodrepanis. Congratulations on your research. --WikiCats 01:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It ruins a story I kind of liked, and had told to relatives, but good job Dysmorodrepanis. This might be one of the most obscure "historical myths" I know of.--T. Anthony 13:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Excellent research by Dysmorodrepanis! Henriksdal 23:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, but we now have a user trying to reinsert the Tibbles myth. I have advised him not to remove the referenced material from the article and replace it with unreferenced contradictory opinion. I have a feeling this is heading to a 3RR situation so could someone else keep a eye on the page please. Moriori (talk) 19:55, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

And so it came to pass...... The user is still removing the referenced material and replacing it with unreferenced material. I have restored the referenced version, and given him a final block warning for disruptive editing. Moriori (talk) 02:23, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A single cat?

Sensationalist much? In the same sentence it claims this species was driven to extinction by a single cat, but then immediately goes to say the island was overrun with feral cats. Cats can't spontaneously reproduce.

Then it goes on to say this:

"Much of what is commonly assumed to be established knowledge about this species' extinction is wrong or misinterpreted, starting with the account by Rothschild (1905) who claimed that a single cat had killed all the birds."

So the article contradicts the statement multiple times.

75.76.197.245 (talk) 02:44, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Sensationalist? Not a bit.

The lead says the keepers cat was blamed, but feral cats were responsible. True.
The Extinction section says previous blame given to the keeper's cat is wrong or misinterpreted. True.

Where are the multiple contradictions? What is sensationalist about t? Moriori (talk) 03:26, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Number disagreement

From the article:

"It is the best known of the five or so flightless passerines (songbirds) known to science,[6] all of which were inhabitants of islands and are now extinct. The others were three New Zealand wrens (long-billed wren and stout-legged wren) and the long-legged bunting from Tenerife, all of which were only recently discovered as fossils and became extinct in prehistoric times. "

The birds named parenthetically don't match the number stated. This is like saying, "These are my three brothers (Allan and Bill) and my cousin Carl."

2warped@gmail.com 2601:407:4180:40E9:552B:60D0:F645:D3B8 (talk) 09:43, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The problem is that there were at one point two species of stout-legged wren (Pachyplicas), but now they're generally treated as one. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 08:53, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]