Coturnix lignorum Rando et al., 2019

Madeiran quail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Coturnix undescribed species Tyrberg, 2009:70

Conservation Status

Extinct (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)

Last record: 1021–806 cal BCE (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)

Distribution & Habitat

Madeira, Portugal

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Rando, Juan C. et al. (2019). Unforeseen diversity of quails (Galliformes: Phasianidae: Coturnix) in oceanic islands provided by the fossil record of Macaronesia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(4): 1296-1317. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz107

Other references:

Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]

Pieper, Harald. (1985). The fossil land birds of Madeira and Porto Santo. Bocagiana 88: 1-6.

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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