Nesotrochis picapicensis Fischer & Stephan, 1971
Cuban cave rail, Picapica rail, Pica-Pica’s rail, Gallinuela de Pica-Pica
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: mid-Holocene
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fischer, K. and Stephan, B. (1971). Weitere Vogelreste aus dem Pleistozän der Pio Domingo-Höhle in Kuba. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Mathematik/Naturwissenschaften Reihe 20: 593-607.
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.
Olson, Storrs L. (1977). A synopsis on the fossil Rallidae, pp. 509-525. In: Ripley, S. D. Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae. Boston: Codline.
Orihuela, Johanset. (2019). An annotated list of late Quaternary extinct birds of Cuba. Ornitología Neotropical 30: 57-67.
Suárez, William. (2022). Catalogue of Cuban fossil and subfossil birds. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142(1): 10-74. https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v142i1.2022.a3