Hovacrex roberti Andrews, 1897:356
Hova gallinule
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tribonyx roberti Andrews, 1897:356
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Andrews, Chas W. (1897). On some fossil remains of carinate birds from Madagascar. Ibis, series 7, 3(11): 343-359, pls. 8-9.
Other references:
Brodkorb, Pierce. (1965). New taxa of fossil birds. Quarterly Journal of The Florida Academy of Sciences 28: 197-198.
Goodman, S. M. (1999). Holocene bird subfossils from the sites of Ampasambazimba, Antsirabe and Ampoza, Madagascar:Changes in the avifauna of south central Madagascar over the past few millennia. In: Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (eds) Proc. 22 Int. Ornithol. Congr., Durban: 3071-3083. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Olson, Storrs L. (1977). A synopsis of the fossil Rallidae, pp. 339-373. In: Ripley, S. D. Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Boston: David R. Godine.
Rothschild, Lionel Walter. (1907). Extinct birds: an attempt to write in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times, that is within the last six or seven hundred years: to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co. XXIX + 243 pp. [p. 139]
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)]
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.