The Huahine swamphen (Porphyrio mcnabi) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was a small swamphen endemic to Huahine in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. It is known only from subfossil remains found at the Fa'ahia archaeological site on the island. Fa'ahia is an early Polynesian occupation site with radiocarbon dates ranging from 700 CE to 1200 CE. The swamphen is only one of a suite of birds found at the site which became extinct either locally or globally following human occupation of the island.
The Huahineswamphen (Porphyrio mcnabi) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was a small swamphen endemic to Huahine in the Society Islands...
mantelli (North Island, New Zealand) Huahineswamphen, Porphyrio mcnabi (Huahine, Society Islands) Marquesas swamphen, Porphyrio paepae (Hiva Oa and Tahuata...
Huahineswamphen Porphyrio mcnabi Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia Most recent remains at Fa'ahia dated to 700-1150 CE. Marquesas swamphen Porphyrio...
Acrocephalus musae (Raiatea and Huahine, Society Islands, South Pacific, 19th century?) Two subspecies, A. m. garretti from Huahine and A. m. musae from Raiatea...
Pohnpei starling (A. pelzelni) or somewhat less probably to the extinct Huahine (A. diluvialis) and bay starlings (A. ulietensis) of the Society Islands...
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