Gallinula disneyi Boles 2005

• Main Author: Boles, Walter E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Gruiformes; Rallidae; Gallinula; Gallinula disneyi; New Zealand; Queensland; Tilting; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4685421; https://zenodo.org/record/4685421

Flightlessness in Gallinula disneyi The major morphological consequence of flightlessness is a reduction of the pectoral assemblage and forelimb. Concurrent with this is an increase in the size of the pelvic limb. The most obvious morphological change in the legs is an increase in the robustness of...