Avian fossils from Quaternary deposits in "Green Waterhole Cave", south-eastern South Australia

Abstract

Sixteen species of birds have been identified from Quaternary-aged deposits in 'Green Waterhole Cave' (L-81 of the Cave Exploration Group of South Australia cave classification) approximately twenty-four kilometres west of Mt Gambier, south-eastern South Australia. All but three species are referable to modern species. The exceptions are a new accipitrid (to be described by Drs P.V. Rich and G.F. van Tets), a new species of coucal, and a new species of passeriform.