Pterodroma sp. nov. ‘Norfolk Island’

Mount Pitt petrel, Norfolk Island petrel (Phillip, 1789:161 and plate)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Procellaria phillipii Gray, 1862:246

A Pterodroma petrel formerly occurred on Norfolk Island, but its taxonomic identity must await the discovery of subfossil remains. It may have simply been an extirpated population of the widespread P. solandri, or it may represent an undescribed taxon (Hume & Walters, 2012:60).

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1790 (Hume & Walters, 2012:60)

Distribution

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Gray, G. R. (1862). A list of Birds of New Zealand and the adjacent islands. Ibis 4: 214-254.

Greenway, J. C. (1967). Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World. Dover Publications, New York.

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.

Iredale, T. (1930). Avian sea-toll. Australian Zoologist 6: 112-116.

Meredith CW (1991) Vertebrate fossil faunas from islands in Australasia and the southwest Paci5 c. In Vickers-Rich P, Monaghan JM, Baird RF, and Rich TH, eds, Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia, pp. 1345–1382. Monash University Publications Committee, Melbourne.

Phillip, A. (1789). The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments, to which are added the Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, & Capt. Marshall, with an account of their new discoveries. London: John Stockdale.

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.

Whitley, G. (1934). The doom of the bird of providence. Australian Zoologist 8: 42-49.

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