Rallus nanus Alcover et al., 2016
São Jorge rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015:168
Conservation Status
Extinct (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
Last record: "Probably Holocene-Recent"; "Recent Holocene" (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025)
Distribution & Habitat
São Jorge, Azores
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando and Rando, Juan Carlos. (2016). Rallus nanus nomen novum: a replacement name for Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015. Zootaxa 4085(1): 141-142. [Abstract]
Other references:
Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando and Rando, Juan Carlos. (2015). Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4057 (2): 151-200.
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
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)]