Rallus sp. B

Terceira rail

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene

Distribution

Terceira, Azores

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando and Rando, Juan C. (2015). Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4057 (2): 151-200.

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)]

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