Gallicolumba nui

Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Aves
Ordo : Columbiformes
Familia : Columbidae
Subfamilia : Claravinae
Tribus : Phabini
Genus : Gallicolumba
Species : G. nui

Gallicolumba nui
Steadman, 1992^[1]

Conservationis status

Gallicolumba nui (partim ex nomine adiectivo Tahitiano nui 'magnus') est exstincta avium species familiae Columbidarum, cuius ossa subfossilia Mangaiae in insula Insularum Cook australium,^[2] et in Polynesia Francica inventa sunt, diserte in Insulis Marchionis, et apud Fa'ahiam, situm archaeologicum Huahine in Insulis Societatis fossum, novum habitationis locum Polynesium inter annos 700 et 1200 constitutum, qui, cum materie anthropogenica, reliquias continet multarum avium specierum, aut per orbem terrarum aut in variis locis nunc exstinctarum, quae ob earum carnem, ossa, vel pennas interfectae sunt.^[3]

Notae

Kirchman, Jeremy J., et Steadman, David W. 2006. New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) From an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands. Pacific Science 60:281.
Steadman, David W. 1992. New species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from archeological sites in Polynesia. In Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb 36:329–348. Science series Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, ed. Jonathan J. Becker.
Steadman, David W. 2006. Extinction and biogeography of tropical Pacific birds. Sicagi: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7.
Steadman, David W., et Dominique S. Pahlavan, 2006. Extinction and biogeography of birds on huahine, society islands, French Polynesia. Geoarchaeology 7(5):449–483

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