Where: Pitcairn (24.3° S, 128.3° W: paleocoordinates 24.4° 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 193789: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.06.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert 1783 red-tailed tropicbird | |
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Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 Great frigatebird | |
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Nesofregetta fuliginosa Gmelin 1789 Polynesian storm-petrel | |
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Pterodroma spp. Bonaparte 1856 petrel
Puffinus nativitatis Streets 1877 Christmas shearwater | |
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Diomedea epomophora Lesson 1825 royal albatross | |
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Vini stepheni North 1908 Stephen's lorikeet | |
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Ptilinopus insularis North 1908 Henderson Island fruit-dove | |
"Porzana atra" = Zapornia atra
"Porzana atra" = Zapornia atra North 1908 Henderson Island crake | |
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Gygis alba Sparman 1786 white tern
Anous spp. Stephens 1826 gull | |
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Numenius tahitiensis Gmelin 1789 bristle-thighed curlew
Prosobonia sauli1 De Pietri et al. 2020 Polynesian sandpiper Only 13 specimens according to De Pietri et al. 2021
"Heteroscelus incanus" = Tringa incana Gmelin 1789 wandering tattler | |