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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