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Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island’s fossil sites and fossil record

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    2010

  • Author(s)

    R.N. Holdaway; J.M. Thorneycroft; P. McClelland; M. Bunce

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    57, 1

  • Pagination

    8-18

  • Article Type

    Paper

Keywords

Campbell Island; Cyanoramphus; fossil fauna; New Zealand subantarctic; parakeet


Former presence of a parakeet (Cyanoramphus sp.) on Campbell Island, New Zealand subantarctic, with notes on the island’s fossil sites and fossil record

Notornis, 57 (1), 8-18

R.N. Holdaway; J.M. Thorneycroft; P. McClelland; M. Bunce (2010)

Article Type: Paper

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One significant late Holocene deposit of bird and other fossils was discovered during a brief survey of potential fossil sites on subantarctic Campbell I, New Zealand. The bones recovered included the first specimen of a Cyanoramphus parakeet from the island. Preliminary ancient DNA analysis of the parakeet bone confirmed its generic identification and may ultimately facilitate the re-introduction of a taxon that most closely resembles the genetic make-up of the extinct population. Some implications of the fossil record and value of the fossil sites are discussed.