Bad at Goodbyes

• Eswatini Poker

  Eswatini Poker :: Kniphofia umbrinaBad at Goodbyes :: Episode 056On today’s show we learn about the Eswatini Poker, a critically endangered flowering plant native to southeastern Africa, to the country of Eswatini.(00:05) Intro(02:05) Species Information(19:22) Citations(20:37) Music(26:12) PledgeResearch for today’s show was compiled from:Eswatini Biodiversity – http://eswatinibiodiversity.com/biodiversity/endemics2.aspBraun, K. & Loffler, L. 2024. Kniphofia umbrina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T221350018A221361752. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T221350018A221361752.en“The IUCN plant red data book : comprising Red data sheets on 250 selected plants threatened on a world scale.” Synge, Hugh. Switzerland: IUCN, 1978. – https://portals.iucn.org/library/node/5780 JSTOR Global Plants Database – https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Kniphofia.umbrina Loffler, L. 2021. PlantLife SouthAfrica Volume 51.7, July 2021. Eight new plant locality records for Eswatini from Malolotja Nature Reserve. – https://plantlifesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2021/07/plantlife-volume-517-july-2021-eight.htmlRamsar Sites of Wetlands of International Importance – https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2121?language=en South African Journal of Science. v.97. no. 11-12 609-616. “Conservation biology of Kniphofia umbrina, a critically endangered Swaziland serpentine endemic.” Witkowski, E. & Dahlmann, L.A. & Boycott, R.C. (2001). – https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC97233 Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniphofia_umbrina 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 a 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.

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• Bandula Barb

  Bandula Barb :: Pethia bandulaBad at Goodbyes :: Episode 055On today’s show we learn about the Brown's Banksia, a critically endangered flowering shrub native to southwestern Australia, about 200 miles south of Perth in the state of Western Australia.(00:05) Intro(02:05) Species Information(22:56) Citations(24:25) Music(30:38) PledgeResearch for today’s show was compiled from:Chamod, Janindu & Amarakoon, Vihanga & Gunasekara, Vimukthi & Dayawansa, Nihal. (2023). The Role Of Selected Abiotic And Biotic Factors In Changing The Abundance Of Critically Endangered, Point Endemic Pethia Bandula. Proceedings of the Postgraduate Institute of Science Research Congress: University of Peradeniya, Sri LankaFernado, M., Kotagama, O. & de Alwis Goonatilake, S. 2019. Pethia bandula (errata version published in 2020). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T18905A174839322. - https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T18905A174839322.enKortmulder, Koenraad & Wiele, Peter. (2023). Feeding behaviour, species associations and natural diets of 10 Cyprinid fish species from South-West Sri Lanka. bioRxiv 2023.07.12.548677 – https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.12.548677R, Wickremasinghe & S, Muthunayake & R, Wickremasinghe & Weerakoon, Devaka & Goonatilake, Sampath & R, Ranatunge & H, Kiel & Perera, Naalin & A, Wadugodapitiya. (2021). Ecology and recovery of Pethia bandula (Pisces: Cyprinidae), a globally threatened point endemic freshwater fish in Sri Lanka.. Journal of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 66 (2). 27-54. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48828122Sudasinghe, H., Ranasinghe, T., Herath, J. et al. Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka. BMC Ecology and Evolution volume 21, 203 (2021). – https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01923-5Surasinghe, Thilina, Ravindra Kariyawasam, Hiranya Sudasinghe, and Suranjan Karunarathna. 2020. "Challenges in Biodiversity Conservation in a Highly Modified Tropical River Basin in Sri Lanka" Water 12, no. 1: 26. – https://doi.org/10.3390/w12010026Wickramasinghe, Kamanthi. 6 June 2025. Sri Lanka reaches a milestone in a decades’ long conservation effort. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – https://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/Sri-Lanka-reaches-a-milestone-in-a-decades-long-conservation-effort/131-310807 or https://web.archive.org/web/20251005015550/https://www.dailymirror.lk/news-features/Sri-Lanka-reaches-a-milestone-in-a-decades-long-conservation-effort/131-310807Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandula_barbPlease find us on the web at

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• Brown's Banksia

  Brown’s Banksia :: Banksia browniiBad at Goodbyes :: Episode 054On today’s show we learn about the Brown's Banksia, a critically endangered flowering shrub native to southwestern Australia, about 200 miles south of Perth in the state of Western Australia.(00:05) Intro(02:05) Species Information(24:04) Citations(26:01) Music(31:33) PledgeFor more information about Brown’s Banksia conservation please see the Australian government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - https://www.dcceew.gov.auResearch for today’s show was compiled from:Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water – http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=8277Barrett, S., Atkins, K., George, A. & Keith, D. 2020. Banksia brownii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T112520669A113306481. – https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T112520669A113306481.enCoates, D., Dillon, R., & Barrett, S. 2018. “Threatened Plant Translocation Case Study: ‘Banksia Brownii’ (Feather Leaved Banksia), Proteaceae.” Australasian Plant Conservation: Journal of the Australian Network for Plant Conservation 27 (1): 3-6. – https://doi.org/10.5962/p.373741Coates, D.J., McArthur, S. L., Byrne, M. 2015. Significant genetic diversity loss following pathogen driven population extinction in the rare endemic Banksia brownii (Proteaceae), Biological Conservation, Volume 192, 2015, Pages 353-360. – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.013Day, D.A., Collins, B.G., Rees, R.G. (1997), Reproductive biology of the rare and endangered Banksia brownii Baxter ex R. Br. (Proteaceae). Australian Journal of Ecology, 22: 307-315. – https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00676.xDillon, R., Coates D., Standish, R., Monks, L., Waycott, M. (2023) Assessing plant translocation success: common metrics mask high levels of inbreeding in a recently established Banksia brownii (Proteaceae) population. Australian Journal of Botany 71, 79-92. – https://doi.org/10.1071/BT22071Gilfillan, Sandra & Barrett, S.R.. Feather-Leaved Banksia (Banksia Brownii) Interim Recovery Plan 2005-2010. – https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/biodiversity/threatened/recovery-plans/feather-leaved-banksia-banksia-brownii-2005-2010Lamont Byron B., Enright Neal J., Witkowski E. T. F., Groeneveld J. (2007) Conservation biology of banksias: insights from natural history to simulation modelling. Australian Journal of Botany 55, 280-292. – https://doi.org/10.1071/BT06024Renshaw, Adrian. The reproductive biology of four Banksia L.f. species with contrasting life histories. Doctor of...

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• White-winged Flufftail

  White-winged Flufftail :: Sarothrura ayresiBad at Goodbyes :: Episode 053On 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) PledgeFor 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.13486BirdLife 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.enCallahan, 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/S0959270918000400Colyn, 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-01681-150212Colyn, 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/10.2989/00306525.2020.1737259Davies, 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....

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• Uke Lily

  Uke Lily :: Lilium ukeyuriBad at Goodbyes :: Episode 052On 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) PledgeResearch 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=5799Compton, 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.12385Hogg, 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/55535067Horizon (Amami). Futoshi Hamada. “Endemic Plants of Amami”. - https://amami-horizon.com/en/nature/plant/rare-plantsJournal 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/10.24517/00053418Ministry 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.enMinistry 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.htmlWikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amami_Islands & https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ウケユリ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...

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