The Extinct Lyall wren (IMAGE)

University of Adelaide

The Extinct Lyall wren

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Lyall's wren: an extinct acanthisittid wren, infamously reported as having been both discovered and exterminated by a lighthouse-keeper's cat.

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Public Domain, John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912)

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