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.
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.
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]