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ANATIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #5

Long-legged shelduck

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Burney DA, James HF, Burney LP, Olson SL, Kikuchi W, Wagner WL, Burney M, McCloskey D, Kikuchi D, Grady FV et al. (2001) Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua’i and its transformation since human arrival. Ecological Monographs 74: 615-641.

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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