Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman, 1997:609
Madagascan lapwing, Malagasy lapwing
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: subfossil (1300's?)
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Goodman, Steven M. (1997). Description of a new species of subfossil lapwing (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Vanellus) from Madagascar. Bulletin Museum Nattional d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 607-614.
Other references:
Goodman, S. M. (1999). Holocene bird subfossils from the sites of Ampasambazimba, Antsirabe and Ampoza, Madagascar:Changes in the avifauna of south central Madagascar over the past few millennia. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban: 3071-3083. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
Johnsgard, P. A. (1981). The plovers, sandpipers, and snipes of the world. Lincoln; University of Nebraska Press. [relevant reference?]
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.
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