Ciconia sp. nov. 'Réunion'

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct (WCMC, 1992:212) or Invalid (Cowles 1994)

Last record: 1674 (WCMC, 1992:212)

Distribution & Habitat

Réunion, Mascarene Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Cowles, Graham S. (1994). A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Geobios 27(1): 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(06)80215-9

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

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