Pterodroma sp. nov. ‘Canary Islands’

Canary Islands petrel

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct or hypothetical?

Distribution

El Hierro, Canary Islands

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Rando, J. C. (2002). New data of fossil birds from El Hierro (Canary islands): Probable causes of extinction and some biogeographical considerations. Ardeola 49: 39-49.

Sánchez Marco, A. (2010). New data and an overview of the past avifaunas from the Canary Islands. Ardeola 57(1): 13-40.

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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