Larus utunui Steadman, 2002:3-4

Huahine gull, Society Islands gull

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: subfossil

Distribution

Huahine, Society Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Steadman, David W. (2002). A new species of gull (Laridae: Larus) from an archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 115: 1-17.

Other references:

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Steadman, David W. and Pahlavan, Dominique S. (1992). Extinction and biogeography of birds on huahine, society islands, French polynesia. Geoarchaeology 7(5): 449-483. [Abstract]

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