New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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Holocene populations of shags Leucocarbo spp. in the far north, New Zealand

T. H. WORTHY

Palaeofaunal Surveys
43 The Ridgeway
Nelson, New Zealand

Abstract  Fossil bones of the king shag, Leucocarbo carunculatus, are reported from the late Holocene dune deposits of Tokerau Beach, Doubtless Bay, Northland, in the North Island of New Zealand. These fossils indicate that the present distribution is a relict one, and that the species' range contracted after Polynesian colonists arrived in New Zealand.

Keywords  king shag; Leucocarbo; Holocene; fossil bones; range contraction

Received 13 June 1995; accepted 8 August 1995

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