A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris

Olson, Storrs L.; Wingate, D. B.

dc.contributor.author	Olson, Storrs L.	en
dc.contributor.author	Wingate, D. B.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2007-06-11T19:04:48Z
dc.date.available	2007-06-11T19:04:48Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Olson, Storrs L. and Wingate, D. B. 2001. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/1734">A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris</a>." <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</em>. 114 (2):509–516.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0006-324X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/1734
dc.description.abstract	Rallus recessus, new species, probably derived from the King Rail R. elegans, is described from a cave deposit exposed in quarrying operations on the island of Bermuda. This species had the reduced elements of the wing and pectoral girdle and more robust hindlimbs typical of flightless rails. It is the only member of the largest: size-class of the genus Rallus known to have colonized an oceanic island and become flightless. It was present on Bermuda during the last (Wisconsinan) glacial period and appears to have become extinct naturally due to changing environmental conditions associated with changes in sea level.	en
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dc.title	A new species of large flightless rail of the Rallus longirostris	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	75159
rft.jtitle	Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
rft.volume	114
rft.issue	2
rft.spage	509
rft.epage	516
dc.description.SIUnit	NMNH	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NH-Vertebrate Zoology	en
dc.citation.spage	509
dc.citation.epage	516