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Rupephaps, the Glossary

Index Rupephaps

Rupephaps taketake, also referred to as the Saint Bathans pigeon, is an extinct species of pigeon from the Miocene of New Zealand.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 26 relations: Australasia, Bannockburn, New Zealand, Central Otago, Clade, Columbidae, Coracoid, Early Miocene, Epithet, Extinction, Fossil, Greek language, Hemiphaga, Honorific, Kererū, Manuherikia River, Māori language, Māori mythology, Mountain pigeon, Pliocene, Polynesian languages, South Island, Species, Species description, St Bathans fauna, Topknot pigeon, Trevor Worthy.

  2. Birds described in 2009
  3. Extinct monotypic bird genera

Australasia

Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Bannockburn, New Zealand

Bannockburn is a small historic gold mining town located outside of Cromwell in Central Otago, New Zealand.

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Central Otago

Central Otago is an area located in the inland part of the Otago region in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Clade

In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.

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Columbidae

Columbidae is a bird family consisting of doves and pigeons.

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Coracoid

A coracoid (from Greek κόραξ, koraks, raven) is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).

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Early Miocene

The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages: the Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.

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Epithet

An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Hemiphaga

Hemiphaga is the genus containing two species of large pigeons from New Zealand.

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Honorific

An honorific is a title that conveys esteem, courtesy, or respect for position or rank when used in addressing or referring to a person.

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Kererū

The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) or New Zealand pigeon is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand.

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Manuherikia River

The Manuherikia River is located in Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Māori language

Māori, or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

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Māori mythology

Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided.

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Mountain pigeon

Mountain pigeons are four species of birds in the genus Gymnophaps in the pigeon family Columbidae.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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Polynesian languages

The Polynesian languages form a genealogical group of languages, itself part of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian family.

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South Island

The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Species description

A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication.

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St Bathans fauna

The St Bathans fauna is found in the lower Bannockburn Formation of the Manuherikia Group of Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Topknot pigeon

The topknot pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus) is a pigeon native to eastern Australia.

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Trevor Worthy

Trevor Henry Worthy (born 3 January 1957) is an Australia-based paleozoologist from New Zealand, known for his research on moa and other extinct vertebrates.

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See also

Birds described in 2009

Extinct monotypic bird genera

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupephaps

Also known as Rupephaps taketake, Saint Bathans pigeon.