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North Island piopio

North Island piopio
A mounted specimen of the North Island piopio in the collection of Te Papa

Extinct (1955)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Oriolidae
Genus: Turnagra
Species:
T. tanagra
Binomial name
Turnagra tanagra
(Schlegel, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Otagon tanagra
  • Turdus crassirostus turnagra
  • Turnagra capensis tanagra
  • Turnagra capensis turnagra
  • Turnagra Hectori
  • Turnagra turnagra

The North Island piopio (Turnagra tanagra) was a passerine bird of the family Oriolidae. The North Island piopio is now considered to be extinct.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Turnagra tanagra". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728820A94997902. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728820A94997902.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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