Scolopax anthonyi (Wetmore, 1920:78)
Puerto Rican woodcock
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Gallinago anthonyi Wetmore, 1920:78 (original combination); Capella anthonyi (Wetmore, 1920:78)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: subfossil
Distribution
Puerto Rico (=Porto Rico)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wetmore, Alexander. (1920). Five new species of birds from cave deposits in Porto Rico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 33: 77-82.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Olson, Storrs L. (1976). Fossil woodcocks: An extinct species from Puerto Rico and an invalid species from Malta (Aves: Scolopacidae: Scolopax). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 89(20): 265-274.
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)]
Steadman, David W. and Takano, Oona M. (2016). A new extinct species of Snipe (Aves: Scolopacidae: Gallinago) from the West Indies. Zootaxa 4109(3): 345-358. [Abstract]
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.
Wetmore A (1922) Bird remains from the caves of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 46: 297-333.