albertonykus
Well-known member
Holdaway, R.N. (2021)
Two new radiocarbon ages for Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) (Aves: Accipitridae) and comments on the eagle’s past distribution and possible survival into the 19th century
Notornis 68: 278–282
No abstract, first paragraph of the introduction is copied below:
Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) was the top predator of large vertebrates in the South Island, New Zealand, until its late Holocene extinction (Holdaway 1992; Holdaway, in Worthy & Holdaway 2002). It was never found in the North Island (Holdaway 1992; Holdaway, in Worthy & Holdaway 2002). During the most recent — Weichselian-Otiran — glaciation which lasted from 110,000 to 18,000 years ago, the eagle’s distribution included Northwest Nelson (Worthy 1993; Worthy & Holdaway 1994) and the West Coast (Worthy & Zhao 2006). There are no eagle fossils of glacial age known from east of the Main Divide, but this may reflect a shortage of fossil deposits of that age rather than of eagles.
Two new radiocarbon ages for Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) (Aves: Accipitridae) and comments on the eagle’s past distribution and possible survival into the 19th century
Notornis 68: 278–282
No abstract, first paragraph of the introduction is copied below:
Haast’s eagle (Hieraaetus moorei) was the top predator of large vertebrates in the South Island, New Zealand, until its late Holocene extinction (Holdaway 1992; Holdaway, in Worthy & Holdaway 2002). It was never found in the North Island (Holdaway 1992; Holdaway, in Worthy & Holdaway 2002). During the most recent — Weichselian-Otiran — glaciation which lasted from 110,000 to 18,000 years ago, the eagle’s distribution included Northwest Nelson (Worthy 1993; Worthy & Holdaway 1994) and the West Coast (Worthy & Zhao 2006). There are no eagle fossils of glacial age known from east of the Main Divide, but this may reflect a shortage of fossil deposits of that age rather than of eagles.
