Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Rurutu’

Rurutu rail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Holocene

Distribution

Rurutu, Austral Islands, French Polynesia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

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. and Bollt, Robert. (2010). Prehistoric Birds from Rurutu, Austral Islands, East Polynesia. Pacific Science 64(2): 315-325.

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