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Emberiza alcoveri Rando, López & Seguí, 1999

Long-legged bunting

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Teneriffe, Canary Islands, North Africa

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: CV01 to 08 (separate bones from one individual)

Type locality: "Cueva del Viento"

 

Paratypes:

CV09 to 11 (separate bones from one individual)

CV24 to 35 (separate bones from one individual)

CV36 to 56 (separate bones from one individual)

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Rando, J. C., López, M. and Seguí, B. (1999). A new species of extinct flightless passerine (Emberizidae: Emberiza) from the Canary Islands. The Condor 101(1): 1-13.

 

Other references:

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.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/8721/emberiza-alcoveri-long-legged-bunting

 

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