Rallus ibycus Olson and Wingate 2000 (lesser Bermuda rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate. 2000. Two new species of flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) from the Middle Pleistocene "crane fauna" of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113:356-368

Belongs to Rallus according to S. L. Olson and D. B. Wingate 2000

Sister taxa: Rallus adolfocaesaris, Rallus aquaticus, Rallus carvaoensis, Rallus cyanocavi, Rallus elegans, Rallus limicola, Rallus longirostris, Rallus lowei, Rallus minutus, Rallus montivagorum, Rallus natator, Rallus phillipsi, Rallus prenticei, Rallus recessus, Rallus richmondi, Rallus virginianus

Type specimen: UF PB5403, a maxilla (premaxillary symphysis). Its type locality is Crane Crevice, Government Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill siliciclastic in Bermuda.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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