Atlantisia podarces Wetmore, 1963
St. Helena rail, St. Helena crake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aphanocrex podarces Wetmore, 1963
Conservation Status
Last record: 1502 or after?
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 https://www.birdlife.org on 03/09/2014.
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.