Geotrygon larva (Wetmore, 1920:79)
Puerto Rican quail dove, Porto Rican quail-dove, Wetmore's quail-dove
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Oreopelia larva Wetmore, 1920 (original combination); Oreopela larva Wetmore, 1920:79 [orth. error]; Oreoepeleia larva Wetmore, 1920:79 [orth. error] (used by Wetmore, 1922)
Conservation Status
Extinct
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:
Carlson, L. A. and Steadman, David W. (2009). Examining temporal differences in faunal exploitation at two ceramic age sites in Puerto Rico. The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 4(2): 207-222.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.
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.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1922). Bird remains from the caves of Porto Rico. Bulletin American Museum of Natural History 46: 297-333.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1923). An additional record for the extinct Porto Rican quail-dove. The Auk 40(2): 324.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1927). The birds of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1938). Bird Remains from the West Indies. Auk 55(1): 51-55.