Gallicolumba leonpascoi Worthy & Wragg, 2003:773
Henderson (Island) ground dove, Henderson ground-dove (Wragg & Weisler, 1994:61)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Gallicolumba n.sp. Wragg, 1995:407
The existence of an undescribed Gallicolumba sp. from Henderson Island, Pitcairn group (i.e. Gallicolumba leonpascoi) was mentioned in the literature by (Schubel & Steadman, 1989:6; Steadman, 1992:342-343; Wragg & Weisler, 1994:61; Wragg, 1995:407) before being officially described in 2003 (Worthy & Wragg, 2003).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, South Pacific
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MNZ S40789 ("1L tarsometatarsus")
Type locality: "Henderson Island, Site 5, testpit 2, spit 14"
Paratypes:
MNZ S40844 ("1L tarsometatarsus")
MNZ S40839 ("1R tarsometatarsus")
Referred material:
For a detailed list of material referred to Gallicolumba leonpascoi see (Worthy & Wragg, 2003:775,778).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Worthy, Trevor H. and and Wragg G. M. (2003). A new species of Gallicolumba: Columbidae from Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 33(4): 769-793.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
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)]
Schubel, S. E. and Steadman, David W. (1989). More bird bones from archaeologcal sites on Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, South Pacific. Atoll Research Bulletin 325: 1-13.
Steadman, David W. (1989). Extinction of birds in eastern Polynesia: a review of the record, and comparisons with other Pacific island groups. J. Archeol. Sci. 16: 177-205.
Steadman, David W. (1992). New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science Series 36: 329-348.
Tennyson, Alan J. D. and Bartle, J. A. (2008). Catalogue of type specimens of birds in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Tuhinga 19: 185-207.
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.
Wragg, Graham M. (1995). The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56: 405-414.
Wragg, G. M. and Weisler, M. I. (1994). Extinctions and new records of birds from Henderson Island, Pitcairn group, south Pacific Ocean. Notornis 41(1): 61-70.