Leucocarbo septentrionalis Rawlence et al. 2017
Kōhatu shag, Kawau Kōhatu
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene?
Distribution
North Island (southern) & South Island (northern), New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rawlence, Nicolas J. et al. (In Press, 2017). Speciation, range contraction and extinction in the endemic New Zealand King Shag complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.011 [Abstract]
Other references:
Miskelly, Colin M., Forsdick, Natalie J., Gill, Brian J., Palma, Ricardo L., Rawlence, Nicolas J. and Tennyson, Alan J. D. (2022). Amendments to the 2010 Checklist of the birds of New Zealand. Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 2. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand.
Robertson, H. A., Baird, K. A., Elliott, G. P., Hitchmough, R. A., McArthur, N. J., Makan, T. D., Miskelly, Colin M., O’Donnell, C. F. J., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P., Taylor, G. A. and Michel, P. (2021). Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 36. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 43 pp.
http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/08/extinct-northland-shag-a-distinct-species.html
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