Centropus colossus Baird, 1985
Colossal cuckoo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South Australia (south-eastern), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: left humerus
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Baird, Robert F. (1985). Avian fossils from Quaternary deposits in 'Green Waterhole Cave', south-eastern South Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 37(6): 353-370.
Other references:
Rich PV, van Tets GF, Knight F. 1985. Kadimakara:extinct vertebrates of Australia. Lilydale, Victoria: Pioneer Design Studio.
Shute, Elen, Prideaux, Gavin J. and Worthy, Trevor H. (2016). Three terrestrial Pleistocene coucals (Centropus: Cuculidae) from southern Australia: biogeographical andecological significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177: 964-1002.
Worthy, Trevor H. and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66-108.
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