Leucocarbo septentrionalis Rawlence et al., 2017:207

Kōhatu shag, Kawau Kōhatu (Māori)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Leucocarbo carunculatus; Worthy 1996, New Zealand Journ. Zool. 23(1): 95. Not Pelecanus carunculatus Gmelin, 1789.

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. (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:

Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2022). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition). Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. [p. 170]

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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