Cyanoramphus sp. nov. 'Campbell Island'

Campbell Island parakeet (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Campbell Island, New Zealand

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Holdaway, Richard N., Thorneycroft, Jeanette M., McClelland, Peter and Bunce, Michael. (2010). Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island’s fossil sites and fossil record. Notornis 57(1): 8-18.

Wragg, Graham M. (1981). The birds of Canterbury: history and present status. A dissertation presented as a requirement for the Diploma in Parks and Recreation (National Parks option). Lincoln College, New Zealand.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16258/cyanoramphus-sp-campbell-island

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