Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore, 1918:516
Antillean cave rail, De Booy's rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: subfossil (after 1900?)
Distribution
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wetmore, Alexander. (1918). Bones of birds collected by Theodor de Booy from Kitchen Midden deposits in the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 54(2245): 513-522.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Livezey, Bradley C. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae). Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 353: 2077-2151.
Nichols, R. A. (1943). The breeding birds of St. Thomas and St. John, Virgin Islands. Memorias Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 17: 23-37.
Olson, Storrs L. (1977). A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae. In: Ripley, D. S. Rails of the World: A monograph of the family Rallidae. Boston: Codline.