Rallus nanus Alcover et al. 2016

São Jorge rail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Rallus minutus Alcover et al. 2015:168

Conservation Status

Last record: "Probably Holocene-Recent"

Distribution

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.

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