Phalacrocorax sp. nov. 'Madagascar'

Madagascan cormorant (proposed), Madagascan shag (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: subfossil (Holocene?)

Distribution

Madagascar

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Goodman, S. M. (1999). Holocene bird subfossils from the sites of Ampasambazimba, Antsirabe and Ampoza, Madagascar:Changes in the avifauna of south central Madagascar over the past few millennia. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban: 3071-3083. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.

Raherilalao, Marie Jeanne and Goodman, Steven M. (year?). The Natural History of Endemic Families and Sub-families of Birds of Madagascar. Translated by Teresa Pegan. [incomplete citation]

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