Ducula lakeba Worthy, 2001
Lakeba imperial pigeon
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Lakeba, Fiji
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: Fiji Museum, Archaeology Department 197-3-W-1-6, 6.
Type locality: "Qara-ni-puqa Rockshelter (site 197), Lakeba Island, Fiji Group"
Paratypes:
n=18 (see Worthy, 2001)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Worthy, Trevor H. (2001). A giant flightless pigeon, gen.et sp. nov., and a new species of Ducula (Aves: Columbidae) from Quatenary deposits in Fiji. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 31: 763-794.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Worthy, Trevor H. and Clark, Geoffrey. (2009). Bird, mammal and reptile remains, pp. 231-258. In: Clark, Geoffrey and Anderson, Atholl (eds.). Terra Australis 31: The Early Prehistory of Fiji. Canberra: ANU Press.