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Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean

  • Publication Type

    Journal Article

  • Publication Year

    1998

  • Author(s)

    T.H. Worthy; R. Walter; A.J. Anderson

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    45, 3

  • Pagination

    177-190

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

    https://doi.org/10.63172/135266yuagge

Keywords

fossil avifauna; Holocene; Niue Island; Pacific Ocean


Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean

Notornis, 45 (3), 177-190

T.H. Worthy; R. Walter; A.J. Anderson (1998)

Article Type: Paper

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The archaeological and fossil avifauna of Niue Island in the southwest Pacific is described from ten sites. Fourteen species of birds, including an extinct species each of Gallirallus and Nycticorax, and an extirpated megapode (Megapodius pritchardii) were found. This increases the number of taxa known for the Niue fauna to 15 resident species, but faunas from surrounding islands indicate this is almost certainly an under-estimate of original diversity.