Dendrocygna sp. nov. 'Aitutaki'
Polynesian whistling duck
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: cf Dendrocygna undescribed sp Milberg & Tyrberg, 1993:245
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Allen, M. S. and Steadman, David W. (1990). Excavations at the Ureia Site, Aitutaki, Cook Islands: Preliminary Results. Archaeology in Oceania 25(1): 24-37. [Abstract]
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.
Steadman, David W. (1991). Extinct and extirpated birds from Aitutaki and Atiu, Southern Cook Islands. Pacific Science 45(4): 325-347.