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.
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.