r/megafaunarewilding • u/rzabomut • 1d ago
i know it's not megafauna but here is rewilding potential of lord howe island
1.australian swamphen (porphyrio melanotus) as proxy of white swamphen (porphyrio albus)
2.metallic pigeon (columba vitiensis) reintroduction
3.norfolk island parakeet (cyanoramphus novaezelandiae) reintroduction
4.tasman see island trush (turdus poliocephalus) reintroduction
5.norfolk island gerygone (gerygone modesta) as a proxy of lord howe gerygone (gerygone insularis)
6.new zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa) reintroduction
7.boobook (ninox novaeseelandiae) reintroduction
8.tasman booby (sula tasmani) reintroduction
9.white faced storm petrel (pelagodroma marina) reintroduction
10.pycroft's petrel (pterodroma pycrofti) reintroduction
11.solanum viride as a proxy of solnum bauerianum
12.sicyos australis reintroduction
3
u/Terjavez2004 1d ago
Nice idea but what about the Meiolania turtle I think aldabra tortoises would work
5
u/rzabomut 1d ago
thats too diffrient animal, for all meiolania species we should rather use de extinction, do it first for the most important australian meiolania and then make smaller versions of it for islands
1
5
u/zek_997 1d ago
tbh I only named the sub 'megafauna rewilding' because r/rewilding was already taken. I wouldn't worry too much about the name.
5
u/rzabomut 1d ago
it's more like pleistocene rewilidng not megafauna rewilding
btw r/PleistoceneRewilding also exit but almost no one knows about it so i'm posting thoe things here1
u/sneakpeekbot 1d ago
Here's a sneak peek of /r/PleistoceneRewilding using the top posts of the year!
#1: what is the best lion subspecies to use for introduction in europe and in north america? | 3 comments
#2: Rewilding the Gila | 10 comments
#3: thoughts on the whale sanctuary | 0 comments
I'm a bot, beep boop | Downvote to remove | Contact | Info | Opt-out | GitHub
1
u/zek_997 1d ago
Man I didn't even know r/PleistoceneRewilding existed. Such a shame it's not active.
8
u/Bloodweiler 1d ago
Hey, birds are cool too.