Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards, 1874:122
Rodrigues rail, Leguat's rail, Leguat’s gelinote, Grey rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aphanapteryx leguati Milne-Edwards, 1874:6
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1725-1726; 1726 (Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Milne-Edwards, A. (1866-1873). Recherches sur la faune ornithologique éteinte des iles Mascareignes et de Madagascar (in French). Paris: G. Masson. pp. 122–123.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Aphanapteryx leguati. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 23 August 2012.
BirdLife International. 2016. Erythromachus leguati. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22728889A94999834. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728889A94999834.en. Accessed on 19 June 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.
Cheke, A. S. (1987). An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates. In: Diamond, A.W. (ed.), Studies of Mascarene island birds, pp. 5-89. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
Cheke, Anthony S. (2013). Extinct birds of the Mascarenes and Seychelles - a review of the causes of extinction in the light of an important new publication on extinct birds. Phelsuma 21: 4-19.
Cheke, Anthony S. and Hume, Julian Pender. (2008). Lost Land of the Dodo: An Ecological History of Mauritius, Réunion & Rodrigues. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. 464 pp.
Cowles, Graham S. (1987). The fossil record, pp. 90-100. In: Diamond, A. W. (ed.). Studies of Mascarene Island Birds. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
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