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Fulica podagrica Brodkorb, 1965:7

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Barbados

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: UF 7458

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Brodkorb, Pierce. (1965). Fossil birds from Barbados, West Indies. The Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society 31(1): 3-10, pl. 1.

 

Other references:

Olson SL (1974) A new species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 87, 439–450.

Olson, Storrs L. (1977). A synopsis of the fossil Rallidae, pp. 339-373. In: Ripley, S. D. Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Boston: David R. Godine.

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.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16308/late-pleistocene-animals

 

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