Circus alphonsi (Newton & Gadow, 1893)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Circus alphonsi was synonymized with the extant C. maillardi by Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2004.
Conservation Status
Invalid?
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Newton, Alfred and Gadow, Hans Friedrich (1893). On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13: 281-302.
Other references:
Barnwell, P. J. (1948). Visits and Despatches 1598–1948. 306 pp. Port Louis, Mauritius (Standard Printing Establishment).
Hume, Julian Pender. (2013). A synopsis of the pre-human avifauna of the Mascarene Islands, pp. 195-237. In: Göhlich, U.B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien.
Mourer-Chauviré, C., Bour, Roger and Ribes, S. (2004). The taxonomic identity of Circus alphonsi (Newton & Gadow 1893), the extinct harrier from Mauritius. Ibis 146(1): 168-172. [Abstract]
Rijsdijk, K. F.et al. (2009). Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone concentration-lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus). Quaternary Science Revues 28: 14-24.
Rothschild, Lionel Walter. (1907). Extinct birds: an attempt to write in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times, that is within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co. XXIX + 243 pp. [p. 83]