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RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #1

Barbados rail

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

This undescribed species is only known from a single specimen.

 

Conservation Status

Extinct if distinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Barbados, West Indies

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Only known from a single specimen.

 

Media

 

 

References

Olson, Storrs L. (1974). A new species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae) In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 87: 439-450.

 

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