Gallirallus steadmani Worthy & Bollt, 2011:77

Steadman's rail, Tubuai rail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1000 to 1450 AD

Distribution

Tubuai, Austral Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Worthy, Trevor H. and Bollt, Robert. (2011). Prehistoric Birds and Bats from the Atiahara Site, Tubuai, Austral Islands, East Polynesia. Pacific Science 65(1): 69-85.

Other references:

Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser. 544 pp.

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)]

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