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Post by another specialist on Oct 30, 2005 17:06:58 GMT
Research Article Bird remains from the archaeological site of Guinea (El Hierro, Canary Islands) J. C. Rando 1 *, M. López 1, M. C. Jiménez 2 1Dept. Biologiá Animal, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 2Dept. Prehistoria, Antropolgía e Historia Antigua, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands Keywords birds; zooarchaeology; El Hierro; Canary Islands; extinctions Abstract The first data on bird hunting by the ancient people from El Hierro island are given here. Ninety-three bones have been examined from a cave situated in the archaeological site of Guinea. The majority of the bones are broken, burned and some of them have cuts showing human exploitation. There are species that have been eaten from the lower levels to the present day (Calonectris diomedea, Columba sp. and Corvus corax), one species that does not now live on El Hierro (cf. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and an extinct species (Coturnix gomerae). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/14146/ABSTRACT |
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Post by another specialist on Oct 30, 2005 17:08:25 GMT
The effects of the cat in the Canary Islands The Canary archipelago has not been an exception, and the endemic vertebrates have already been numerous that have disappeared from the arrival of the man. The cat could have been one of the causes of the disappearance of some little flying birds like the gomera quail ( Coturnix gomerae ), or the calandria of long legs ( Emberiza alcoveri ); also it had probably a paper protagonist in the extinction of the giant múridos ones of Tenerife and Canary Gran ( Canariomys bravoi and C. tamarani ), and in the one of at least saurio of great size, the palmero lizard ( Gallotia auaritae ). translated from spanish to english www.gobiernodecanarias.org/medioambiente/lagartodelagomera/gatos.html |
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Post by adzebill on Dec 27, 2005 23:40:06 GMT
Coturnix gomerae was about the size of common quail, but with shorter wings, and longer, stronger legs. Probably was more terrestrial and sedentary than Coturnix coturnix, but not flightless, as it inhabited all, or almost all, the islands in the Canary archipelago. Maybe it was related with two other extinct quail species -possibly flightless- from the island of Madeira.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2005 9:23:19 GMT
Maybe it was related with two other extinct quail species -possibly flightless- from the island of Madeira. Interesting ! Can You tell us the names of that birds ? I never heard about them.  |
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Post by adzebill on Dec 28, 2005 13:33:41 GMT
Sorry. I just have a reference in an article written by Storrs L. Olson and Diana Walker in the book Islands, directed by Robert E. Stevenson and Frank H. Talbot, and another one in Aves del Archipiélago Canario, bay Aurelio Martín.
All I know is that there were in Madeira two species of quail, probably flightless -I think they are unnamed-, and that were found in that island subfossil bones of thrushes, finches and a rail, too.
Probably there is more information in the article The fossil land birds of Madeira and Porto Santo, by Pieper.
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Post by Carlos on Dec 28, 2005 16:37:15 GMT
Any information on when did Coturnix gomerae became extinct or in which other islands have its remains been found? (apart from El Hierro, mentioned by another specialist and La Gomera, where the species was described).
I gather that as it was present in an archaeological site, the extinction should have occurred well after the human colonization of the Canary Is, some 2500 years ago, but the latter aborigine (guanche) sites came from the XVth century, so there is a lapse of about 2000 years.
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Post by adzebill on Dec 28, 2005 16:48:30 GMT
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Post by Carlos on Dec 29, 2005 1:23:07 GMT
Thank you adzebill for the quick reply and for the link.
As it is an official list one should accept it as correct (surely made by local experts), but I'm still curious about the date of the latter specimens known of this quail as well as about its detailed description.
It's a pity that an species so widespread in the archipelago disappeared in all seven islands.
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Post by adzebill on Dec 29, 2005 12:12:08 GMT
The original description of Coturnix gomerae is in the article "Fossil bird from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of Quail (Galliformes; Phasianidae)", by Jaume, D.; M. McMinn and J.A. Alcover, on the Boletin do Museu Municipal de Funchal, 2, 147-165, 1993.
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Post by another specialist on Dec 29, 2005 23:17:00 GMT
Maybe it was related with two other extinct quail species -possibly flightless- from the island of Madeira. Interesting ! Can You tell us the names of that birds ? I never heard about them. I would be very interested if anyone has any info on this bird too |
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Post by adzebill on Jan 3, 2006 20:36:55 GMT
Short refference about Coturnix gomerae -and the extinct Madeiran species- here: www.uam.es/otros/paleofau/Revista/Vol3/volumen3primerosdatos.htmPrimeros datos de ornitofagia entre los aborígenes de Fuerteventura (First data of onithophagy between aboriginals of Fuerteventura) Juan Carlos Rando & María Antonia Perera ABSTRACT: The recent discovery in Fuerteventura of bones from the extinct shearwater, Puffinus olsoni, with indications of having been consumed, evidences the existence of an hitherto unknown hunting activity by the aboriginal peoples of the island. The findings reveal the association of this resource with the inhospitable areas of the island known as the “Malpais” (lit. Badland) and allows us to more precisely date the extinction of this species. In the same assemblages bones from other birds, including the quail Coturmix gomerae, have been retrieved. The finding of the fossil terrestrial quail, up until now only recorded on the island of Gomera, would evidence an adaptative radiation of this generus on the Canary Islands as has been already documented on the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. Remains from other bird taxa (Columba sp., Turdus sp. and Sylvia cf. atricapilla) indicate the existence of more forested biotopes on Fuerteventura which agrees with documentary data from the times of the castilian conquest. All remains have been retrieved in two volcanic caves which served as shelters for the aboriginal peoples of the island. |
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Post by another specialist on Jan 6, 2006 7:31:32 GMT
thanks m8 - very little bit of info is appreciated
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Post by Peter on Jan 13, 2006 19:09:34 GMT
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Post by another specialist on Jan 19, 2006 7:31:37 GMT
The Canary Islands Quail (Coturnix gomerae) once occurred on the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain). It might also have inhabited Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, but there are no remains found on these islands. The original description of Coturnix gomerae is in the article "Fossil bird from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of Quail (Galliformes; Phasianidae)", by D. Jaume, M. McMinn and J.A. Alcover, on the Boletin do Museu Municipal de Funchal, 2, 147-165, 1993. [edit] Extinction This Quail was most likely still present in the Canary Islands after humans settled there. The cat could have been one of the causes of the disappearance of some little flying birds like the Canary Islands Quail. Keep up the good work Peter |
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Post by Carlos on Sept 12, 2008 10:24:13 GMT
Photo of the picture of the bones of the extinct Canarian Quail ( Coturnix gomerae) in the exhibition of the Canarian Museum of Nature and Humankind, I took during my visit there last week: |
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Post by another specialist on Sept 13, 2008 6:28:45 GMT
Bird remains from the archaeological site of Guinea (El Hierro, Canary Islands) J. C. Rando 1 *, M. López 1, M. C. Jiménez 2 1Dept. Biologiá Animal, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands 2Dept. Prehistoria, Antropolgía e Historia Antigua, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands *Correspondence to J. C. Rando, Dept. Biología Animal, Universidad de La Laguna, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands Keywords birds • zooarchaeology • El Hierro • Canary Islands • extinctions Abstract The first data on bird hunting by the ancient people from El Hierro island are given here. Ninety-three bones have been examined from a cave situated in the archaeological site of Guinea. The majority of the bones are broken, burned and some of them have cuts showing human exploitation. There are species that have been eaten from the lower levels to the present day (Calonectris diomedea, Columba sp. and Corvus corax), one species that does not now live on El Hierro (cf. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and an extinct species (Coturnix gomerae). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/14146/abstract |
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Post by Melanie on May 29, 2012 0:45:14 GMT
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Post by adzebill on Apr 18, 2014 11:05:34 GMT
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