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One of my New Year’s resolutions is to participate more in the weekly Zooly art challenge. First week of 2023 is the leggy swamphen.

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2023-01-18

The Marquesan Swamphen (Porphyrio paepae) is an extinct species from French Polynesia. This may have survived until 1937. It’s only known depiction may be being killed by a dog in this painting by Paul Gaugin.

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2020-12-31

Now the Marquesan Swamphen P. paepae was described only in 1988 from 600 y/o bones found in French 1902 painting shows this being killed by a dog. has seen it in 1937. It must have become extinct soon afterwards

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2018-11-17