Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Collocalia esculenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
MATERIAL.—Pindai Cave: 2 left humeri, 1 left ulna.
MEASUREMENTS (mm).—Humerus: length, 5.3, 5.5. Ulna: length without olecranon, 8.1.
COMPARATIVE MATERIAL.—Collocalia esculenta, 2 USNM (New Caledonia).
STATUS.—Extant, widespread species, common.
- bibliographic citation
- Balouet, Jean Christophe and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Fossil birds from late Quaternary deposits in New Caledonia." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-38. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.469
