Aidemedia lutetiae James & Olson, 1991
Maui Nui icterid-like gaper
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Molokai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: BBM-X 147441
Type locality: "Site 10, Moomomi dunes, Molokai, Hawaiian Islands."
Paratypes:
BBM-X 152622
BPBM 175622
USNM 445818
USNM 445815
USNM 445817
USNM 445816
Media
References
Original scientific description:
James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. (1991). Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs No. 46.
Other references:
Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. (1982). Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 365: 1-59.
Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. (1984). The role of Polynesians in the extinction of the avifauna of the Hawaiian islands, pp. 768-780. In: Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G. (eds.). Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.
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.
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