Rallus adolfocaesaris Alcover et al. 2015
Porto Santo rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Porto Santo (Island), Madeira (archipelago), North Atlantic Ocean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando and Rando, Juan C. (2015). Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4057 (2): 151-200.
Other references:
Pieper, Harald. (1985). The fossil land birds of Madeira and Porto Santo. Bocagiana 88: 1-6.