cf. Eclectus sp. nov. 'Rota'

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Psittacidae undescribed species (Tyrberg, 2009:91); Psittacidae sp./Rota (Sayol et al., 2020:SM:DFS1)

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Rota, Mariana Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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. (1992). Extinct and Extirpated Birds from Rota, Mariana Islands. Micronesica 25(1): 71-84.

Steadman DW (1999) The prehistory of vertebrates, especially birds, on Tinian, Aguiguan, and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands. Micronesica 31, 319–345.

Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp. 

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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