New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands.

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dc.contributor.authorKirchman, Jeremy J.
dc.contributor.authorSteadman, David W.
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-08T22:01:01Z
dc.date.available2012-05-08T22:01:01Z
dc.date.issued2006-04
dc.descriptionv. ill. 23 cm.
dc.descriptionQuarterly
dc.description.abstractWe examined 50 bones previously assigned to ‘‘Gallirallus new sp.’’ from the prehistoric (1,250 750 yr B.P.) Fa‘ahia archaeological site on Huahine, Society Islands. Most of these specimens ðn ¼ 47Þ, representing nearly all major cranial and postcranial skeletal elements, belong to a medium-sized flightless rail that we name Gallirallus storrsolsoni. Three femora represent a second species of extinct rail that we name Porphyrio mcnabi. With the description of these two species of rails, the total number of extinct species of land birds from the Fa‘ahia site stands at seven, consisting of two rails, two doves, two parrots, and a starling. Fa‘ahia also has yielded bones of six other species of land birds that no longer exist on Huahine but survive elsewhere in Oceania.
dc.format.extent18 p.
dc.identifier.citationKirchman JJ, Steadman DW. New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands. Pac Sci 60(2): 281-298.
dc.identifier.issn0030-8870
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/22565
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherHonolulu, University of Hawaii Press
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol. 60, no.2
dc.subject.lcshNatural history--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshScience--Periodicals
dc.subject.lcshNatural history--Pacific Area--Periodicals.
dc.titleNew Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from an Archaeological Site on Huahine, Society Islands.
dc.typeArticle
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