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Rallus cyanocavi Steadman, Morris & Wright, 2013

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene (Steadman & Franklin, 2020:Table 3)

 

Distribution

Abaco Island & Moore's Island, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Steadman, David W., Morris, J. R. and Wright, N. A. (2013). A new species of Late Pleistocene rail (Aves: Rallidae) from Abaco, the Bahamas. Paleontological Journal 47(11): 1355-1364.

 

Other references:

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)]

Steadman, David W. and Franklin, Janet. (2020). Bird populations and species lost to Late Quaternary environmental change and human impact in the Bahamas. PNAS. doi/10.1073/pnas.2013368117 [Supplementary Information]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17756/rallus-cyanocavi

 

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