Corvus pumilus Wetmore, 1920
Puerto Rican crow
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
Puerto Rico
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wetmore, Alexander. (1920). Five new species of birds from cave deposits in Puerto Rico. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 33: 77-82.
Other references:
Olson, Storrs L. and Hilgartner, W. B. (1982). Fossil and subfossil birds from the Bahamas. Smithson. Contrib. Paleobiol. 48: 22-56.
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.
Wetmore, Alexander. (1922). Bird remains from the caves of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the AMNH 46: 297-333.
Wetmore, A. (1937). Ancient records of birds from the island of St. Croix with observations on extinct and living birds of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 21: 5-16.