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]
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