Aratinga sp. nov. 'Barbuda'

Barbudan parakeet

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Aratinga undescribed sp. (Williams & Steadman, 2001:182); Aratinga undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:91)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Barbuda

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Pregill, R., Steadman, David W. and Watters, D. R. (1994). Late Quaternary vertebrate faunas of the Lesser Antilles: Historical components of Caribbean biogeography. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, No. 30.

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.

Williams, Mathew I. and Steadman, David W. (2001). The historic and prehistoric distribution of parrots (Psittacidae) in the West Indies, pp. 175-189. In: Woods, Charles A. and Sergile, Florence E. (eds.). Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press.

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