About: New Zealand coot

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The New Zealand coot (Fulica prisca) is an extinct bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that was endemic to New Zealand. It was described in 1893 by New Zealand naturalist, ethnologist and museum director Augustus Hamilton, from material he had collected the previous year at Castle Rocks on the Ōreti River in Southland. The Latin specific epithet prisca means "old", referring to its subfossil occurrence. Remains have subsequently been found at several sites in both North and South Islands.

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  • The New Zealand coot (Fulica prisca) is an extinct bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that was endemic to New Zealand. It was described in 1893 by New Zealand naturalist, ethnologist and museum director Augustus Hamilton, from material he had collected the previous year at Castle Rocks on the Ōreti River in Southland. The Latin specific epithet prisca means "old", referring to its subfossil occurrence. Remains have subsequently been found at several sites in both North and South Islands. (en)
  • Maorisothöna (Fulica prisca) är en förhistorisk utdöd fågel i familjen rallar inom ordningen tran- och rallfåglar som var endemisk för Nya Zeeland. (sv)
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  • Hamilton, 1893 (en)
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  • Early Holocene (en)
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  • Fulica (en)
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  • New Zealand coot (en)
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  • prisca (en)
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  • *Palaeolimnas prisca *Nesophalaris prisca (Brodkorb & Dawson, 1962) *Fulica chathamensis prisca (Olson, 1975) (en)
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  • The New Zealand coot (Fulica prisca) is an extinct bird in the rail family, Rallidae, that was endemic to New Zealand. It was described in 1893 by New Zealand naturalist, ethnologist and museum director Augustus Hamilton, from material he had collected the previous year at Castle Rocks on the Ōreti River in Southland. The Latin specific epithet prisca means "old", referring to its subfossil occurrence. Remains have subsequently been found at several sites in both North and South Islands. (en)
  • Maorisothöna (Fulica prisca) är en förhistorisk utdöd fågel i familjen rallar inom ordningen tran- och rallfåglar som var endemisk för Nya Zeeland. (sv)
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  • New Zealand coot (en)
  • Maorisothöna (sv)
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