Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989:23
New Caledonian swamphen, N'dino? (see Hume & Walters, 2012:116)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Porphyrio kukuwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989 [orth. error]
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 2800–2500 calBP (Anderson et. al. 2010); 1860 (unconfirmed report) (Verreaux & des Murs, 1860)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Additional material was reported from the Pindai Caves, New Caledonia, by (Anderson et. al. 2010). It was dated to 2800–2500 radio carbon years calibrated, or 850-550 BCE.
Distribution
New Caledonia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: NCP 410
Type locality: "Pindai Cave, Nepoui Peninsula, west coast of New Caledonia;
21°20'S, 164°57'E."
Paratypes (Pindai Cave):
NCP 01 (401?)
NCP 400
NCP 402
NCP 403
NCP 404
NCP 405
NCP 407
NCP 409
NCP 421
NCP 422
NCP 423
NCP 424
NCP 425
Paratypes (Gilles cave):
NCG 01
Paratypes (Kanumera):
NCK 02
NCK 03
NCK 104
NCK 400
NCK 401
NCK 402
NCK 403
NCK 405
NCK 406
NCK 407
NCK 420
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. (1989). Fossil Birds from Late Quaternary Deposits in New Caledonia. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 469: 1-38, 16 figures, 13 tables.
Other references:
Anderson, Atholl, Sand, Christophe, Petchey, Fiona and Worthy, Trevor H. (2010). Faunal Extinction and Human Habitation in New Caledonia: Initial Results and Implications of New Research at the Pindai Caves. Journal of Pacific Archaeology 1(1): 89-109.
BirdLife International. 2016. Porphyrio kukwiedei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728732A94994890. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728732A94994890.en. Accessed on 19 June 2022.
Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
Butchart, Stuart H. M., Stattersfield, A. J. and Brooks, T. M. (2006). Going or gone: defining ‘Possibly Extinct’ species to give a truer picture of recent extinctions. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126A: 7-24.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Livezey, Bradley C. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae). Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 353: 2077-2151.
Verreaux, J. and des Murs, O. (1860). Description d'oiseaux nouveaux de la Nouvelle Calédonie et indication des espéces déjà connues de ce pays. Reveu et Magasin de Zoologie 2(12): 431-443.