Forpus sp. nov. 'Bahamas'

Bahama parrotlet

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Bahamas

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. and Franklin, Janet. (2014). Changes in a West Indian bird community since the late Pleistocene. Journal of Biogeography. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12418. [Abstract]

Steadman, David W. and Franklin, Janet. (2020). Bird populations and species lost to Late Quaternary environmental change and human impact in the Bahamas. PNAS. doi/10.1073/pnas.2013368117 [Supplementary Information]

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/18614/bahama-parrotlet-forpus-sp-nov

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