Branta sp. nov. 'Kauai'
Kauai goose (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Branta undescribed sp aff hylobadistes Milberg & Tyrberg, 1993:245; Branta aff. hylobadistes Burney et al. 2001:628
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Burney, David A. et al. (2001). Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua'i and its transformation since human arrival. Ecological Monographs 71(4): 615-641.
Milberg, Per and Tyrberg, Tommy. (1993). Naïve birds and noble savages - a review of man-caused prehistoric extinctions of island birds. Ecography 16: 229-250.