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.