Apteribis sp. nov. 'Lana'i'

Lana'i ibis (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene

Distribution

Lana'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Dove, Carla J. and Olson, Storrs L. (2011). Fossil Feathers from the Hawaiian Flightless Ibis (Apteribis sp.): Plumage Coloration and Systematics of a Prehistorically Extinct Bird. Journal of Paleontology 85(5): 892-897. [Abstract]

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)]

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