ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #2
Rota flightless duck, Marianas flightless duck
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Anatidae undescribed species Tyrberg, 2009:69
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Rota, Marianas Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Steadman, David W. (1992). Extinct and Extirpated Birds from Rota, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 25(1): 71-84.
Steadman, D.W. (1998). Micronesica, 31, 319–345.
Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.