Gallirallus sp. nov. ‘Saipan’

Saipan rail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Saipan, Marianas Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Kirchman, Jeremy J. and Steadman, David W. (2006). Rails (Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric archaeological sites in Western Oceania. Zootaxa 1316: 1-31.

Steadman, David W. (2006). Extinction and Biogeography of Tropical Pacific Birds. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. xiv + 594 pp.

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