Grus sp. nov. 'Ryukus'

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Distribution

Miyako, Ryukyus

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Matsuoka, H. (2000). The Late Pleistocene fossil birds of the central and southern Ryukyu Islands, and their zoogeographical implications for the recent avifauna of the Archipelago. Tropics 10: 165-188.

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.

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