Microcarbo serventyorum Van Tets, 1994:136

Serventy's cormorant, Serventy's shag

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: "probably late Holocene" (van Tets, 1994)

Distribution

West Bullsbrook, Western Australia, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: WAM 70.2.10

Media

References

Original scientific description:

van Tets, G. F. (1994). An extinct new species of cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae, Aves) from a Western Australian peat swamp. Records of the South Australian Museum 27(2): 135-138.

Other references:

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extincions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford University Press.

Worthy, Trevor H. and Nguyen, Jacqueline M. T. (2020). An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66-108.

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