Aerodramus manuoi Steadman, 2002

Mangaia swiftlet

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Collocalia manuoi Steadman, 2002

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Mangaia, Cook Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Steadman, David W. (2002). A new species of swiftlet (Aves: Apodidae) from the late Quaternary of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Oceania. Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 22(2): 326-331. [Abstract]

Other 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. (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.

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