Laterallus podarces (Wetmore, 1963)

St. Helena rail, St. Helena crake

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Aphanocrex podarces Wetmore, 1963; Atlantisia podarces Wetmore, 1963

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1502 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

Distribution

St. Helena

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Wetmore, Alexander. (1963). An extinct rail from the island of St Helena. Ibis 103(3): 379-381.

Other references:

BirdLife International. (2014). Species factsheet: Atlantisia podarces. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 03/09/2014.

BirdLife International. 2016. Atlantisia podarces. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728754A94995398. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728754A94995398.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.

Kittelberger, Kyle D., Tanner, Colby J., Buxton, Amy N., Prewett, Amira and Şekercioğlu, Çağan Hakkı. (2024). Correlates of avian extinction timing around the world since 1500 CE. Avian Research 15: 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2024.100213 [Supplementary data (List of 216 taxa)]

Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292.

Livezey, Bradley C. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae). Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 353: 2077-2151.

Olson, Storrs L. (1973). Evolution of the rails of the south Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152: 1-53.

Olson, Storrs L. (1975). Paleornithology of St Helena Island, south Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23: 1-49.

Olson, Storrs L. (1977). A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae, pp. 509-525. In: Ripley, S. D. Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Boston: Codline.

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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