Gallirallus ripleyi Steadman, 1987:31
Mangaia(n) rail, Ripley's rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Magaia, Cook Islands, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Steadman, David W. (1987). Two new species of rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands. Pacific Science 40(1-4): 27-43.
Other references:
Holyoak, D. T. (1974). Undescribed land birds from the Cook Islands. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94: 145-150.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
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.
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)]
Steadman, David W. (1995). Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology. Science 267(5201): 1123-1131.
Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Steadman DW and Kirch PV (1990) Prehistoric extinction of birds on Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 87: 9605-9609.
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.