Pterodroma cf. feae
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
The eleven known bones are likely referable to P. feae, but it is possible that they represent a now extinct taxon (Lepiksaar, 1958; Serjeantson, 2005:242).
Conservation Status
Extinct if distinct (Lepiksaar, 1958; Serjeantson, 2005:242)
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Hebrides, Scotland
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Brace, S., Barnes, I., Kitchener, A. C., Serjeantson, D., Turvey, S. T. (2014). Late Holocene range collapse in a former British seabird species. Journal of Biogeography 41(8): 1583-1589. [Abstract]
Lepiksaar, J. (1958). Fossilfynd av Stormfåglar (Procellariiformes) från Sveriges Västkust. Zoologisk Revy 20: 77-85.
Scofield, R. Paul. (2009). Procellariiform extinctions in the Holocene: threat processes and wider ecosystem-scale implications, pp. 151-166. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.
Serjeantson, Dale. (2005). Archaeological records of a gadfly petrel Pterodroma sp. from Scotland in the first millennium AD, p. 233-244. In: Grupe, G. and Peters, J. (eds.). Feathers, Grit and Symbolism: Birds and Humans in the Ancient Old and New Worlds. Proceedings of the 5th Meeting of the ICAZ Bird Working Group in Munich. Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH, Rahden/Westf.