Porphyrio sp. nov. 'New Ireland'

Giant swamphen, New Ireland swamphen

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

New Ireland, Melanesia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp.

Steadman, David W., White, J. Peter and Allen, Jim. (1999). Prehistoric birds from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea: Extinctions on a large Melanesian island. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 2563-2568.

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