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Gallicolumba sp. nov. ‘Mangaia’

Mangaia ground dove

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Mangaia, Cook Islands, New Zealand

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

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)]

Steadman, David W. (1995). Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology. Science 267(5201): 1123-1131.

Steadman, D.W. & Pahlavan, D.S. (1992) Geoarchaeology, 7, 449–483.

 

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