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New Zealand Pelican
The New Zealand Pelican is the name given to fossil remains of pelicans found in fossil deposits in New Zealand.
These fossils were first found in 1930, and were initially considered a subspecies of the Australian Pelican, based on size differences. It was raised by some taxonomists to a full species in 1981, however the paucity of pelican remains in an otherwise rich fossil record lead most scientists to conclude that it represents examples of vagrant (lost) Australian Pelicans. In some migration events Australian Pelicans have been recorded as far away as Fiji, and have been seen in New Zealand.
External source
- Worthy, Trevor H., & Holdaway, Richard N. (2002) The Lost World of the Moa, Indiana University Press:Bloomington, ISBN 0-253-34034-9
Last updated: 06-03-2005 07:30:49
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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