Bad at Goodbyes

White-winged Flufftail :: Sarothrura ayresi

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 053

On today’s show we learn about the White-winged Flufftail, a critically endangered avian native to Africa, specifically Ethiopia and South Africa.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (22:47) Citations
• (24:52) Music
• (32:03) Pledge

For more information about White-winged Flufftail conservation see BirdLife South Africa at https://www.birdlife.org.za/red-list/white-winged-flufftail/

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement. International Working Group for the White-winged Flufftail – https://whitewingedflufftail-archieve.aewa.info/
• Bird, Jeremy, and Martin, Robert, and Akcakaya, H. Resit, and Gilroy, James, and Burfield, Ian, and Garnett, Stephen, and Symes, Andy, and Taylor, Joe. and Sekercioglu, Cagan, and Butchart, Stuart. (2020). Generation lengths of the world's birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology. 34. – https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13486
• BirdLife International. 2021. Sarothrura ayresi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22692245A179602552. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22692245A179602552.en
• Callahan, David. 2023. An African enigma: conserving one of the world’s rarest waterbirds. BirdLife International. – https://www.birdlife.org/news/2023/02/21/an-african-enigma-conserving-one-of-the-worlds-rarest-waterbirds/
• Colyn, Robin B., Alastair Campbell, And Hanneline A. Smit-Robinson. “Camera-Trapping Successfully and Non-Invasively Reveals the Presence, Activity and Habitat Choice of the Critically Endangered White-Winged Flufftail Sarothrura Ayresi in a South African High-Altitude Wetland.” Bird Conservation International 29, no. 3 (2019): 463–78. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270918000400
• Colyn, R. B., A. Campbell, and H. A. Smit-Robinson. 2020. The use of a camera trap and acoustic survey design to ascertain the vocalization and breeding status of the highly elusive White-winged Flufftail, Sarothrura ayresi. Avian Conservation and Ecology 15(2):12. – https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01681-150212
• Colyn, Robin, and Whitecross, Melissa, and Howes, Caroline, and Smit-Robinson, Hanneline. (2020). Restricted breeding habitat of the Critically Endangered White-winged Flufftail in Ethiopia and its conservation implications. Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology. 91. 1-10. – http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1737259
• Davies, Gregory & Smit-Robinson, Hanneline & Drummond, Malcolm & Gardner, Brett & Rautenbach, S. & Stuyvenberg, Dirk & Nattrass, C. & Pretorius, M. & Pietersen, Darren & Symes, Craig. (2014). Recent records of the White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi (Aves, Sarothruridae) in South Africa. Durban Natural Science Museum Novitates 37. 62-75. – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296695998_Recent_records_of_the_White-winged_Flufftail_Sarothrura_ayresi_Aves_Sarothruridae_in_South_Africa
• Lepage, Denis. "White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi)." Avibase - The World Bird Database, Birds Canada, 2025. - https://avibase.ca/534D524C
• Marais, A. J., Lloyd, K., Smit-Robinson, H. A., & Brown, L. R. (2021). A vegetation classification and description of white-winged flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi) habitat at selected high-altitude peatlands in South Africa. Royal Society Open Science, 8(11), 211482. – https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211482
• Taylor, B., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whwflu1.01
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-winged_flufftail

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A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Uke Lily :: Lilium ukeyuri

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 052

On today’s show we learn about the Uke Lily, a critically endangered flowering plant native to eastern Asia, specifically the Amami Islands of Japan.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (18:19) Citations
• (19:42) Music
• (26:35) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Amagi Town History, Culture, Industry and Science Information Center Yui no Yate - https://jmapps.ne.jp/amagi/det.html?data_id=5799
• Compton, J. (2021), Two Endemic And Critically Endangered Ryukyu Island Lilies Lilium Nobilissimum And Lilium Ukeyuri (Liliaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 38: 240-259. – https://doi.org/10.1111/curt.12385
• Hogg,  Robert. 1880. “A New Lillium”. The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Home Farmer : A Chronicle of Country Pursuits and Country Life, Including Poultry, Pigeon and Bee-Keeping. Series 3. Vol. 27. 1893. London. – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55535067
• Horizon (Amami). Futoshi Hamada. “Endemic Plants of Amami”. - https://amami-horizon.com/en/nature/plant/rare-plants
• Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy 57 : 77-87, 2009. Maeda, Yoshiyuki, Miyamoto, Junko, Ozaki, Kemurio, Moriguchi, Mitsuru, Kakishita, Ai. “Natural distribution of Lilium alexandrae (Liliaceae) in Amami Islands of Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan”. - https://doi.org/10.24517/00053418
• Ministry of the Environment, Japan. 2022. Lilium ukeyuri (errata version published in 2022). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T90230615A223035828. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T90230615A223035828.en
• Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan (JCN1000012110001). Kyushu Okinawa Amami Nature Conservation Office. “Amamigunto National Park” – https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/amami/point/index.html
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_Islands & https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ウケユリ

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A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Fiji Crested Iguana :: Brachylophus vitiensis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 051

On today’s show we learn about the Fiji Crested Iguana, a critically endangered reptile native to roughly 8 islands in the Fijian archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (27:59) Citations
• (29:52) Music
• (36:21) Pledge

For more information about Fiji Crested Iguana conservation please see National Trust of Fiji Islands – https://nationaltrust.org.fj/iguana/.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Australian Journal of Zoology v. 55, 341-350. Morrison Clare, Osborne Tamara, Harlow Peter S., Thomas Nunia, Biciloa Pita, Niukula Jone (2008) “Diet and habitat preferences of the Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) on Yadua Taba, Fiji: implications for conservation”. – https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO07062
• Ecology and Evolution vol. 11 no.9: 4731-4743. 26 Mar. 2021. Eliades, Samuel J et al. “Gut microbial ecology of the Critically Endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis): Effects of captivity status and host reintroduction on endogenous microbiomes.” – https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7373
• Iguana, v. 11 no.4, 198-205. Harlow, P. S. (2004). “Lost in the South Pacific: The Fijian Iguanas (Genus Brachylophus).” – https://journals.ku.edu/iguana/article/view/17149 
• Harlow, P., Fisher, R. & Grant, T. 2012. Brachylophus vitiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T2965A2791620. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T2965A2791620.en
• IUCN Fijian crested iguana. Brachylophus vitiensis : species recovery plan, 2008-2012. Harlow, Peter S – https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/46149
• Journal of Herpetology v.15, no. 3 (1981): 255–73. John R. H. Gibbons. “The Biogeography of Brachylophus (Iguanidae) Including the Description of a New Species, B. Vitiensis, from Fiji.” – https://doi.org/10.2307/1563429
• National Trust of Fiji Islands – https://nationaltrust.org.fj/iguana/
• Oryx. v 41. Harlow, Peter & Fisher, Martin & Tuiwawa, Marika & Biciloa, Pita & Palmeirim, Jorge & Mersai, Charlene & Naidu, Shivanjani & Naikatini, Alivereti & Thaman, Baravi & Niukula, Jone & Strand, Erica. (2007). “The decline of the endemic Fijian crested iguana Brachylophus vitiensis in the Yasawa and Mamanuca archipelagos, western Fiji.” – http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605307001639
• Pacific Conservation Biology. v. 15. pg.135-147. Morrison, Suzanne & Harlow, Peter & Keogh, J.. (2009). “Nesting ecology of the critically endangered Fijian Crested Iguana Brachylophus vitiensis in a Pacific tropical dry forest.” – http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PC090135
• Pacific Science v.63 no. 2, 223-242, (1 April 2009). Clare Morrison, Gunnar Keppel, Nunia Thomas, Isaac Rounds, and Peter S. Harlow "Critically Endangered Fijian Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) Shows Habitat Preference for Globally Threatened Tropical Dry Forest," – https://doi.org/10.2984/049.063.0205
• PloS one. 8. E73127. Morrison, Suzanne & Biciloa, Pita & Harlow, Peter & Keogh, J.. (2013). “Spatial Ecology of the Critically Endangered Fijian Crested Iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis, in an Extremely Dense Population: Implications for Conservation.” – https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073127
• Proceedings of the international conference on island invasives 2017: Island invasives : scaling up to meet the challenge. ed: Veitch, C.R. “Community-based conservation and recovery of native species on Monuriki Island, Fiji.” (2019). Fisher, Robert N., Jone Niukula, Peter S. Harlow, Sia Rasalato, Ramesh Chand, Baravi Stewart Helu Thaman, Elenoa Seniloli, Joeli Vadada, Steve Cranwell, J. Jed Brown, Kim Lovich and Nunia Thomas-Moko. – https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.SSC-OP.62.EN
• Reptiles & Amphibians, v. 29 no.1, 243-249. Anstey, S. (2022). “Saving the Fijian Crested Iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)”. – https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v29i1.16749
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_crested_iguana

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Centello :: Magnolia jardinensis

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 050

On today’s show we learn about the Centello, a critically endangered flowering magnolia tree native to South America, specifically the municipality of Jardín, in the Andes Mountains in northwest Colombia

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (22:44) Citations
• (24:22) Music
• (32:12) Pledge

For more information about Centello conservation, please see the Jardín Botánico de Medellín at https://www.botanicomedellin.org/.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Calderon, E., Cogollo, A., Rivers, M.C. & Serna-Gonzalez, M. 2016. Magnolia jardinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14050337A67514058.  – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T14050337A67514058.en
• Jardín Botánico de Medellín – https://www.botanicomedellin.org/descubrenos/investigamos/reserva-biologica-el-centello/ 
• Santa-Ceballos, J. P., Restrepo-Riaño, M. A., Montoya , J. I., Giraldo, J. A., Serna-González, M., & Urrego Giraldo, L. E. (2024). Environmental variables associated with the distribution of two Magnolia species (Magnoliaceae) in the Colombian Andes. Acta Botanica Mexicana, (131). – https://doi.org/10.21829/abm131.2024.2287
• Serna-González, M., Urrego-Giraldo, L. E., Santa-Ceballos, J. P., & Suzuki-Azuma, H. (2022). Flowering, floral visitors and climatic drivers of reproductive phenology of two endangered magnolias from neotropical Andean forests. Plant Species Biology, 37(1), 20–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/1442-1984.12351
• Serna-González M, Urrego-Giraldo LE, Osorio NW, Valencia-Ríos D (2019) Mycorrhizae: a key interaction for conservation of two endangered Magnolias from Andean forests. Plant Ecology and Evolution 152(1): 30-40. – https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2019.1398
• Serna, M., Velásquez, C. & Cogollo, Á. Novedades taxonómicas y un nuevo registro de Magnoliaceae para Colombia. Brittonia 61 (1), 35–40 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-008-9055-7
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_jardinensis
• World Conservation Society Columbia – https://colombia.wcs.org/es-es/WCS-Colombia/Noticias/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/21104/Y-POR-QUE-SE-AFIANZO-EN-RISARALDA-UNA-RESERVA-COMO-LA-CUCHILLA-DEL-SAN-JUAN.aspx
• World Flora Online (2025): Magnolia jardinensis M.Serna, C.Velásquez & Cogollo. – http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000913301

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Grenada Dove :: Leptotila wellsi

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 049

On today’s show we learn about the Grenada Dove, a critically endangered avian species native to the island of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (24:42) Citations
• (26:28) Music
• (32:48) Pledge

For more information about Grenada Dove conservation, see Birds Caribbean at birdscaribbean.org.

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• BOLTON, N. M., C. van OOSTERHOUT, N. J. COLLAR, and D. J. BELL. “Population Constraints on the Grenada Dove Leptotila Wellsi: Preliminary Findings and Proposals from South-West Grenada.” Bird Conservation International 26, no. 2 (2016): 205–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270915000064 
• Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Baptista, L. F., P. W. Trail, H. M. Horblit, G. M. Kirwan, C. J. Sharpe, and E. Garcia (2020). “Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)”, version 1.0. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gredov1.01
• Blockstein, David E. and Hardy, J. W. (1989) "The Grenada Dove (leptotila Wellsi) is a Distinct Species," The Auk: Vol. 106: Iss. 2, Article 30. – https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/auk/vol106/iss2/30
• Caribbean Compass. Brown, Bela. September 7, 2024. “Our Island Birds: The Endangered Grenada Dove” – https://caribbeancompass.com/the-endangered-grenada-dove/
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22690874A178391475 - BirdLife International. 2021. “Leptotila wellsi” – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22690874A178391475.en
• Peters, Catherine, Matthew Geary, Howard P. Nelson, Bonnie L. Rusk, Achaz Von Hardenberg, and Anna Muir. “Phylogenetic Placement and Life History Trait Imputation for Grenada Dove Leptotila Wellsi.” Bird Conservation International 33 (2023): e11. – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270922000065
• Peters, Catherine; Muir, Anna; Hosie, Charlotte; Nelson, Howard; Geary, Matthew. “Assessing threats and conservation action using population viability analysis for the Critically Endangered Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi”. Journal for Nature Conservation, Aug 15, 2025, 127052, – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.127052
• Rivera-Milán, F.F., Bertuol, P., Simal, F. and Rusk, B.L. (2015). Distance sampling survey and abundance estimation of the critically endangered Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi). The Condor. 117(1): 87-93. – https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-14-131.1
• Rusk, B.L. (2017). Long-term population monitoring of the Critically Endangered Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi) on Grenada. West Indies Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 30(1): 49–56. – https://doi.org/10.55431/jco.2017.30(1).49-56
• Sound recording. Barry Edmonston. Xeno-Canto: XC977216. Petit Bouc, Saint George. 2025 – https://www.xeno-canto.org/977216

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Clay's Hibiscus :: Hibiscus clayi

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 048

On today’s show we learn about the Clay's Hibiscus, also known as Kokiʻo ʻula in Hawaiian, a critically endangered flowering plant native to Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (20:27) Citations
• (21:40) Music
• (27:46) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Center for Plant Conservation – https://saveplants.org/plant-profile/?CPCNum=2257&mode=grid
• Hawaiian Department of Land and Natural Resources. Hibiscus clayi. – https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/files/2013/09/Fact-Sheet-Hibiscus-clayi.pdf
• “Hawaiian Island Province Regional Pollinator Guide (Pollinator Guide)”. Ley, E., Buchmann, S., Kauffman, G., Jacobsen, O., Rager, M., Kwong, L., et al. (2015c). The Pollinator Partnership/North American Pollinator Protection Campaign – http://www.pollinator.org/PDFs/Guides/HawaiianIsland.EcoRegGuide.FINAL.hi-res.pdf
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30931/83801843 
• Native Plants Hawaii. University of Hawaii. Daniela Dutra Elliott, Petersen Gross, Alyssa MacDonald. – http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_clayi/
• Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/25848
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status reviews for 129 Species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, California, and Nevada.” Federal Register 85(48): 14240–14243, March 11, 2020. – https://www.fws.gov/node/5101021
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_clayi

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Dahl’s Jird :: Meriones dahli

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 047

On today’s show we learn about the Dahl's Jird, a critically endangered mammal native to the border region of Turkey and Armenia in Eastern Anatolia, specifically the Iğdır province in Turkey.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (19:16) Citations
• (21:05) Music
• (27:38) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan). "Gerbillinae". Poor, A. 2005. – https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gerbillinae/ 
• Biodiversity and Conservation. Vol 25. “An overview of biodiversity and conservation status of steppes of the Anatolian Biogeographical Region.” Ambarlı, Didem & Zeydanlı, Uğur & Balkız, Özge & Aslan, Serdar & Karacetin, Evrim & Sözen, Mustafa & Ilgaz, Çetin & Gürsoy Ergen, Arzu & Lise, Yildiray & Demirbas, Semiha & Welch, Hilary & Welch, Geoff & Turak, Ayşe & Bilgin, Can & Özkil, Aydan & Vural, Mecit. (2016). – http://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-016-1172-0
• Brazilian Journal of Biology. Vol. 82. “The present status, distribution, demography, and diet of the Dahl’s Jird.” Bulut, Şafak. (2021). – http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.237849
• CEPF, WWF. “Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus” Report. Zazanashvili, N. and Mallon, D. (Editors) 2009 pg.111. Tbilisi: Contour Ltd. – https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?185301/New-publication-based-on-CEPF-supported-studies
• Conference presentation: 6th International Conference of Rodent Biology and Management. “Recent information on population status of Meriones dahli that is close to extinction in the Middle East”. Bulut, Şafak & Akbaba, Burak & Doğan, Murat & Ulusoy, Kadir & Karataş, Ahmet. (2018). – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352982807_Recent_information_on_population_status_of_Meriones_dahli_that_is_close_to_extinction_in_the_Middle_East
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13162/22433617
• Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 100, Issue 1, 28 February 2019, Pages 55–71. “The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the terrestrial mammals of Iran,” Gholam Hosein Yusefi, Kaveh Faizolahi, Jamshid Darvish, Kamran Safi, José Carlos Brito – https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz002
• United States Agency of International Development “Map of Land Use in the Ararat Valley” – https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ararat_Valley_Landcover_ENG.jpg
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahl%27s_jird

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Blyde River Cycad :: Encephalartos cupidus

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 046

On today’s show we learn about the Blyde River Cycad, a critically endangered plant native to southeastern Africa, specifically the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (21:04) Citations
• (22:19) Music
• (27:35) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41884/243425210
• Masters Dissertation. Tafirei, R. University of Johannesburg (2016). “An integrative approach towards setting conservation priority for cycad species at a global scale”. – https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/graduate/An-integrative-approach-towards-setting-conservation/9912977807691#file-0
• Plant Biology and Biotechnology. “Cycads: An Overview.” Goel, A.K., Khuraijam, J.S. (2015). In: Bahadur, B., Venkat Rajam, M., Sahijram, L., Krishnamurthy, K. (eds). Springer, New Delhi. – https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2286-6_14
• SINET: Ethiopian Journal of Science, Vol. 45 No. 1 (2022). “Determining regions of higher extinction risk occurrences in South African cycads”. Bamigboye, Samuel O. – https://doi.org/10.4314/sinet.v45i1.10
• “South African Encephalartos Species”. Donaldson, John. (2008). – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255595089_SOUTH_AFRICAN_ENCEPHALARTOS_SPECIES 
• South African National Biodiversity Institute. “Encephalartos cupidus. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants” Bösenberg, J.D., Steyn, T. & Donaldson, J.S. 2020. – http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=823-8
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalartos_cupidus
• World Flora Online. “WFO (2025): Encephalartos cupidus” – https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000667360

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A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Royal Cinclodes :: Cinclodes aricomae

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 045

On today’s show we learn about the Royal Cinclodes, a critically endangered avian native to western South America, in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (22:55) Citations
• (24:30) Music
• (30:43) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Biodiversity and Conservation v.17, 2645-2660 (2008). Lloyd, H., Marsden, S.J. “Bird community variation across Polylepis woodland fragments and matrix habitats: implications for biodiversity conservation within a high Andean landscape”, – https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-008-9343-2 
• Bird Conservation International, Volume 3, Issue 1, March 1993, pp. 37 - 55. Fjeldså, Jon. (1993). “The avifauna of the Polylepis woodlands of the Andean highlands: the efficiency of basing conservation priorities on patterns of endemism.” – https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900000770 
• BirdLife International (2025) “Species factsheet: Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae” – https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/royal-cinclodes-cinclodes-aricomae 
• Birds of the World, “Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae), version 1.0”. Remsen, Jr., J. V. and C. J. Sharpe (2020). (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA – https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.roycin1.01 
• Cotinga. Vol 43, pp102-104. Mamani-Cabana, Nicolas & Canales, Juan & Garnica, Carlos. (2021). “Northernmost record of the Critically Endangered Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae in Peru”. – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353011491_Northernmost_record_of_the_Critically_Endangered_Royal_Cinclodes_Cinclodes_aricomae_in_Peru 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724402/128905948
• Mountain Research and Development v. 25 no.3, 287-289, (1 August 2005). Constantino Aucca and Paul M. Ramsay "Management of Biodiversity and Land Use in Southern Peru," – https://doi.org/10.1659/0276-4741(2005)025[0287:MOBALU]2.0.CO;2
• Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(1995). “Direct quantification of skeletal pneumaticity illuminates ecological drivers of a key avian trait.” Burton, M. G. P., Benson, R. B., & Field, D. J. (2023). – https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0160
• Ornitología Neotropical vol. 25, issue 4 (2014); Avalos, Verónica del R., and M. Isabel Gómez. "Observations on nest site and parental care of the critically endangered Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) in Bolivia”. – https://armoniabolivia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Avalos-V-MI-Gomez.pdf
• Sound Recording. Andrew Spencer. Xeno-Canto. XC677595. – http://www.xeno-canto.org/677595 
• Sound Recordings. Joseph Tobias and Nathalie Seddon. Xeno-Canto. XC73370. – http://www.xeno-canto.org/73370 
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_cinclodes

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

Albanian Tulip :: Tulipa albanica

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 044

On today’s show we learn about the Albanian Tulip, a critically endangered flowering plant, native to southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula in Albania.

• (00:05) Intro
• (02:05) Species Information
• (18:40) Citations
• (19:56) Music
• (31:19) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from:

• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund – https://www.cepf.net/grants/grantee-projects/conservation-and-propagation-albanian-tulip-albania 
• IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13142545/18614500 
• Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants v. 24, 1117–1126 (2018). Osmani, M., Tuna, M. & Elezaj, I.R.  “Concentration of some metals in soil and plant organs and their biochemical profiles in Tulipa luanica, T. kosovarica and T. albanica native plant species”. – https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298 
• Phytologia Balcanica v. 26, no. 3 (2020): 517-522. Shuka, Donald, Kit Tan, Besnik Hallaçi, and Lulëzim Shuka. "Additions to the flora of North Albania." – http://www.bio.bas.bg/~phytolbalcan/PDF/26_3/contents.html 
• Phyton; annales rei botanicae. Vol 54. 27–46. (2014). Frajman, Božo & Pachschwöll, Clemens & Schönswetter, Peter. “Contributions to the Knowledge of the Flora of the Dinarides (Balkan Peninsula)” – http://doi.org/10.12905/0380.phyton54(1)2014-0027 
• Phytotaxa. Vol 10: no.28 Oct. 2010. Shuka, Lulëzim & Tan, Kit & Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja. “Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania”. – https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2 
• Thaiszia, Journal of Botany. Vol. 28 (1): 035-047. (2018). Millaku F., Elezaj I. & Berisha N. “Sympatric area and ecology of some Tulipa species in the West Balkan Peninsula” – https://www.upjs.sk/pracoviska/botanicka-zahrada/odborne-aktivity/thaiszia-2/volume-28-2018-abstracts/
• Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulipa_albanica

Please find us on the web at Bad at Goodbyes and on instagram. Please subscribe and rate/review Bad at Goodbyes wherever you listen to podcasts. Please help spread the word about the show and about the species we feature. Please take care of each other, and all of our fellow travelers.

A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.