Larus sp. nov. ‘Kauai’
Kauai gull
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Larus undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:85)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene?
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.
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)]
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.