Rallus eivissensis McMinn, Palmer & Alcover, 2005
Ibiza rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Eivissa & Ibiza, Spain
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
McMinn, M., Palmer, M. & Alcover, Josep Antoni. (2005). A new species of rail (Aves: Rallidae) from the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene of Ibiza (Pityusic Islands, western Mediterranean). Ibis 147(4): 706-716. [Abstract]
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni Alcover (Tomás), Mcminn, Miguel and Seguí, Bartomeu. (2005). Fossil rails (Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Balearic Islands. In: Alcover, Josep Antoni Alcover (Tomás) and Bover, P. (eds.). Proceedings of the International Symposium "Insular Vertebrate Evolution: the Palaeontological Approach". Monografies de La Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears, 12: 9-16.
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)]
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.