ARDEIDAE sp. nov. 'Rapa Nui'

Rapa Nui heron, Easter Island heron

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Rapa Nui (=Easter Island)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Jaramillo, A. et al. (2008). The native and exotic avifauna of Easter Island: then and now. Boletín Chileno de Ornitología 14(1): 8-21.

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)]

Steadman, David W. (1995). Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology. Science 267(5201): 1123-1131.

Steadman DW (2006) Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Steadman DW, Vargas C P, and Cristino FC (1994) Stratigraphy, chronology, and cultural context of an early faunal assemblage from Easter Island. Asian Perspectives 33, 79–96.

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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