Henderson Island, site 6 (Holocene of Pitcairn)

Where: Pitcairn (24.3° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: G. M. Wragg. 1995. The fossil birds of Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group: natural turnover and human impact, a synopsis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 56:405-414 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 193786: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2018

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Gruiformes - Rallidae
"Porzana atra" = Zapornia atra
"Porzana atra" = Zapornia atra North 1908 Henderson Island crake
 Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
"Eudynamys taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis
"Eudynamys taitensis" = Urodynamis taitensis Sparrman 1787 long-tailed koel
 Psittaciformes - Psittaculidae
Vini stepheni
Vini stepheni North 1908 Stephen's lorikeet
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Ducula harrisoni4, Ptilinopus insularis, Gallicolumba leonpascoi2, Bountyphaps obsoleta3
Ducula harrisoni4 Wragg and Worthy 2006 imperial pigeon
Ptilinopus insularis North 1908 Henderson Island fruit-dove
Gallicolumba leonpascoi2 Worthy and Wragg 2003 dove
Bountyphaps obsoleta3 Worthy and Wragg 2008 dove
 Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Hirundo tahitica
Hirundo tahitica Gmelin 1789 Pacific swallow
 Passeriformes - Acrocephalidae
Acrocephalus taiti
Acrocephalus taiti Ogilvie-Grant 1913 Henderson Island reed warbler
Acrocephalus vaughani taiti
 Suliformes - Sulidae
Sula dactylatra
Sula dactylatra Lesson 1831 masked booby
 Suliformes - Fregatidae
Fregata minor
Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird
 Procellariiformes - Hydrobatidae
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel
 Procellariiformes - Procellariidae
Puffinus spp., Puffinus nativitatis, Pterodroma spp., Pterodroma nigripennis, "Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica
Puffinus spp. Brisson 1760 shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater
Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis Rothschild 1893 black-winged petrel
"Puffinus pacificus" = Ardenna pacifica Gmelin 1789 wedge-tailed shearwater
 Phaethontiformes - Phaethontidae
Phaethon rubricauda
Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird
 Charadriiformes - Charadriidae
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis fulva Gmelin 1789 Pacific golden-plover
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus, Gygis alba, Anous spp., "Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus
"Sterna fuscata" = Onychoprion fuscatus Linnaeus 1766 sooty tern
Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
Anous spp. Stephens 1826 gull
"Procelsterna cerulea" = Anous ceruleus Bennett 1840 blue-gray noddy
 Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
Prosobonia sauli n. sp.1, Numenius tahitiensis
Prosobonia sauli n. sp.1 De Pietri et al. 2020 Polynesian sandpiper
One destroyed for DNA sampling (of original 35, one belongs to Zapornia atra; De Pietri et al., 2021)
Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 bristle-thighed curlew
1De Pietri et al. 2021; 2Worthy and Wragg 2003; 3Worthy and Wragg 2008; 4Wragg and Worthy 2006