Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2013 13:13:47 GMT
Cacomantis flabelliformis ssp. 'Tonga'
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo inhabits the Fijian Islands with a distinct, endemic subspecies, the species itself is known from the Tongan Islands from subfossil remains, found on the islands of Lifuka and 'Uiha.
source:
David W. Steadman: Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. University Of Chicago Press 2006
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This may very well have been another distinct subspecies.
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo inhabits the Fijian Islands with a distinct, endemic subspecies, the species itself is known from the Tongan Islands from subfossil remains, found on the islands of Lifuka and 'Uiha.
source:
David W. Steadman: Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. University Of Chicago Press 2006
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This may very well have been another distinct subspecies.