Gallirallus astolfoi Salvador, Anderson & Tennyson, 2021
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Rapa Island (=Rapa Iti), French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Salvador, Rodrigo B., Anderson, Atholl and Tennyson, Alan J. D. (2021). An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia. Taxonomy 1(4): 448-457. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1040032
Other references:
Tennyson, Alan J. D. and Anderson, Atholl. (2012). Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island, pp. 105-114. In: Atholl Anderson; Douglas J. Kennett (eds.). Taking the High Ground: The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. In: Terra Australis 37. Canberra: ANU E Press.