Ara autocthones (Saint Croix Macaw)
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Ara autochthones (lapsus) |
The Saint Croix Macaw (Ara autocthones) is an extinct species of bird in the parrot family that was found on the island of Saint Croix, in the Virgin Islands. The only remains known are a sub-fossil left tibiotarsus, which has been found in the kitchen middens at Concordia, which is near Southwest Cape.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wetmore, A. (1918). "Bones of birds collected by Theodoor de Booy from kitchen midden deposits in the islands of St Thomas and St Croix". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 54: 513-522.
- ↑ Wetmore, A. (1937). "Ancient records of birds from the island of St. Croix with observations on extinct and living of Puerto Rico.". J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 21: 5–16.
- ↑ Wetmore, A. (1956). "A check-list of the fossil and prehistoric birds of North America and the West Indies.". Smithson. Misc. Coll. 131 (5): 1–105.
- ↑ Forshaw, Joseph M.; Cooper, William T. [1973, 1978] (1981). Parrots of the World, corrected second edition. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, London. ISBN 0-7153-7698-5.