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Post by Melanie on Jul 11, 2007 14:46:19 GMT
extinct rail from Madagascar
illustration in Extinct Species of the World by Balouet & Alibert
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2007 15:24:36 GMT
Hi !
This bird is identical with Hovacrex roberti.
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Post by Melanie on Jul 11, 2007 15:37:32 GMT
Yes, you are right.
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Post by another specialist on Jul 11, 2007 17:27:55 GMT
sometimes commonly called Hova gallinule
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Post by another specialist on Jul 11, 2007 18:08:57 GMT
extinct rail from Madagascar illustration in Extinct Species of the World by Balouet & Alibert  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2007 19:12:48 GMT
Well, that's a nice picture, but I wonder a bit.
Isn't the head of this bird still unknown ? And in what does this genus differ from Gallinula (Tribonyx is an older synonym for Gallinula) ?
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Post by another specialist on Jul 20, 2008 20:22:24 GMT
 Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction (1907) |
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Post by Melanie on Oct 3, 2009 22:38:26 GMT
Well, i think the painting is based on C. W. Andrews's assumption that it might have looked similar to Gallinula mortierii. The current name is Hovacrex roberti (classified by Brodkorb in 1965). Well, that's a nice picture, but I wonder a bit. Isn't the head of this bird still unknown ? And in what does this genus differ from Gallinula (Tribonyx is an older synonym for Gallinula) ? |
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