Porphyrio kukwiedei Balouet & Olson, 1989:23
Divine swamphen, New Caledonia gallinule, 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; Kittelberger et al., 2024)
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. 544 pp.
Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]
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.
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)]
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.
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.