Prehistoric Birds and Bats from the Atiahara Site, Tubuai, Austral Islands, East Polynesia

被引：11

作者：

Worthy, Trevor H. ^{[1
]}

Bollt, Robert ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New S Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

来源：

PACIFIC SCIENCE | 2011年 / 65卷 / 01期

关键词：

RAILS AVES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; FRENCH-POLYNESIA; RALLIDAE; GALLIRALLUS; PACIFIC;

D O I：

10.2984/65.1.069

中图分类号：

Q17 [水生生物学];

学科分类号：

071004 ;

摘要：

The Austral Islands in French Polynesia have a depauperate land bird fauna and until recently have been little investigated archaeologically or paleontologically to know whether this is natural. Here we report an avifaunal assemblage and bones of bats of the genus Pteropus from the Archaic period (ca. A.D. 1000-1450) cultural site Atiahara, on Tubuai. Fifteen taxa are reported from the island, and a new species of rail in the genus Gallirallus is described. The data indicate that several petrel species have been extirpated from the island and that former land bird inhabitants included at least two small pigeons and a flightless rail.

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页码：69 / 85

页数：17