Fulica sp. nov. 'Oahu'

Oahu coot

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Fulica undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:83)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Hearty PJ, James HF, and Olson SL (2005) The geological context of Middle Pleistocene crater lake deposits and fossil birds at Ulupau, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Monogra; es de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears 12, 113–128.

James HF (1987) A Late Pleistocene avifauna from the Island of Oahu (Hawaiian Islands). In MourerChauviré C, ed., L’évolution des oiseaux d’après le témoignage des fossiles. Documents des Laboratoires de Geologie, Lyon 99, 221–230.

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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