Tachornis uranoceles Olson, 1982
Puerto Rican palm swift
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Olson, Storrs L. (1982). A new species of palm swift (Tachornis: Apodidae) from the Pleistocene of Puerto Rico. Auk 99: 230-235.
Other references:
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.