Réunion Fody

The Reunion Weber ( Foudia delloni ) is an extinct species of bird in the family of weaver birds. He was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion. The bird was first mentioned by the French explorer Gabriel Dellon and a second time in 1674 in Dubois in 1668. The manner of which no copy exists Museum, has been described only in 2008 by the British Ornithologists Anthony Cheke and Julian Pender Hume. 1776 described Statius Muller the Reunion Weber in the work Planches Enluminées as " Foudia bruante ". According to a hypothesis of Cheke and Hume is at " Foudia bruante " is a color morph of Madagascar weaver, was detected about a hundred years after the discovery of Foudia delloni on Réunion.

The Reunion Weber reached about the size of a sparrow. When breeding males head, neck, throat and underside of the wings were bright red. Back and tail are brown. The belly was bright In the female and the juvenile males of the head was brown. Neck and wings were red. The throat was light brown. The species was seen shortly after the 1672 last. The reason for its extinction, the adjustment shall be presumed by rats.