Sula dactylatra tasmani van Tets, Meredith, Fullagar & Davidson, 1988

Tasman booby

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Sula dactylatra fullagari O'Brien & Davies, 1990:2

Conservation Status

Last record: Subfossil

Rediscovered in 2005?

Distribution

Lord Howe Island & Norfolk Island, Tasman Sea, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

van Tets, G. F., Meredith, C. W., Fullagar, P. J. and Davidson, P. M. (1988). Osteological differences between Sula and Morus, and a description of an extinct new species of Sula from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, Tasman Sea. Notornis 35(1): 35-57.

Other references:

Holdaway, Richard N. and Anderson, Atholl. (2001). Avifauna from the Emily Bay settlement site, Norfolk Island: A preliminary account, pp. 85-100. In: Anderson, Atholl and White, Peter (eds.). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 27. Sydney: Australian Museum.

Holdaway, Richard N., Worthy, Trevor H. and Tennyson, Alan J. D. (2001). A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 28: 119-187.

Hutton, Ian. (1991). Birds of Lord Howe Island: Past and Present. Coffs Harbour Plaza, N.S.W.: Self Published. 154 pp.

O'Brien, R. M. and Davies, J. (1990). A new subspecies of Masked booby Sula dactylatra from Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands. Marine Ornithology 18(1): 1-7.

Priddel, David; Hutton, Ian; Olson, Samantha; and Wheeler, Robert. (2005). Breeding biology of Masked Boobies (Sula dactylatra tasmani) on Lord Howe Island, Australia. Emu 105(2): 105-113. [Abstract]

Steeves, Tammy E. et al. (2009). Merging ancient and modern DNA: extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea. Biol. Lett. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0478

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