Numenius victima (Miller, 1942)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Palnumenius victima Miller, 1942
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Mexico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Miller, Loye H. (1942). Two new bird genera from the Pleistocene of Mexico. University of California Publications in Zoology 47: 43-46.
Other references:
Olson, Storrs L. (1984). An evaluation of the fossil curlew Palnumenius victima L. Miller (Aves: Scolopacidae). Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ. 8: 53-55.
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. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.