Nycticorax kalavikai Steadman, Worthy, Anderson & Walter, 2000:169
Extinct Nuie night heron, Nuie night heron
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Niue
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: NMNZ S.37651 (right tarsometatarsus)
Paratype: NMNZ S.37652-37700
Media
References
Original scientific description:
David W. Steadman, Trevor H. Worthy, Atholl J. Anderson, and Richard Walter. (2000). New species and records of birds from prehistoric sites on Niue, southwest Pacific. The Wilson Bulletin 112(2): 165-186. [Abstract]
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Tennyson, Alan J. D. and Bartle, J. A. (2008). Catalogue of type specimens of birds in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Tuhinga 19: 185-207.
Worthy, T. H., Waiter R., and Anderson A. J. (1998). Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean. Notornis. 45(3): 177-190.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6401/nycticorax-kalavikai-niue-night-heron
<< Back to the Pelecaniformes (Egrets, Herons, Ibises, Pelicans, Shoebills, etc.) database