Paul Gauguin's 1902 probable depiction of the Marquesan swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) being killed by a dog.
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Porphyrio
Species:
†P. paepae
Binomial name
†Porphyrio paepae
Steadman, 1988
The Marquesas swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) is an extinct species of swamphen from the Marquesas Islands Hiva Oa and Tahuata. It was originally described from 600-year-old subfossil remains from Tahuata and Hiva Oa.[2] It may have survived to around 1900; in the lower right corner of Paul Gauguin's 1902 painting Le Sorcier d'Hiva Oa ou le Marquisien à la cape rouge[3] there is a bird which resembles native descriptions of Porphyrio paepae. Thor Heyerdahl claimed to have seen a similar flightless bird on Hiva Oa in 1937.[4]
^BirdLife International (2017). "Porphyrio paepae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62263064A119207668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62263064A119207668.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^Steadman, D W (1988). "A New Species Of Porphyrio (Aves, Rallidae) From Archaeological Sites In The Marquesas islands". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^«[…] d’Hiva Oa […]» as such, is pronounced /diˈva oˈa/, while the Polynesian h is always a /ɦ/: this shows Gauguin had a very poor knowledge of the Polynesian languages. He should have written de Hiva Oa. Despite Polynesian inscriptions, often approximative, Gauguin seems to have been unable to speak any Polynesian languages, as it is said locally.[citation needed]
^Hume, J. P.; Walters, M. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: A & C Black. pp. 116–117. ISBN 978-1-4081-5725-1.
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