Rallus lowei Alcover, Pieper, Pereira & Rando, 2015, new species ...

• Main Authors: Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando, Rando, Juan Carlos
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Gruiformes; Rallidae; Rallus; Rallus lowei; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119608; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6119608

Rallus lowei new species Madeira rail [Figures 2, 8 G, 11A, 12A, 14A, 15A, 16A, 17A] Artistic reconstruction: Figure 23 Holotype: MMF 43411, L tmt. Type locality: “ Ribeira Groh”, Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira, 6 Apr 1984. Collectors: All the paratypes were collected by HP and OR, except those that are specifically attributed to other collectors. Measurements of the holotype: total length, 35.7 mm; proximal width, 6.6 mm; minimum shaft width, 3.7 mm; distal width, 7.25 mm. Paratypes: “Ribeira Groh”: MMF 43412, L tmt, 8 Apr 1984; MMF 43413, R tmt, 9 Apr 1984; MMF 43416, L uln, 10/ 11 Sept 1988; MMF 43419, R tmt, 15/16/ 20 Nov 1990; Ponta de São Lourenço: MMF 43414, dis L hum, 1994, coll. G.E. Maul. “Main Sand Place”: MMF 43415, R uln, 1985; MMF 43417, R fem, 11/ 12 Nov 1985; MMF 43418, L uln, 11/ 12 Nov 1985; MMF 43420, L fem, 15/ 16 Sept 1990; MMF 43421, pmx, 9/10/ 16 May 1992; MMF, 43422, man, 17/ 18 Nov 1994; MMF 43423, R fem, 17/ 18 Sept 1994; MMF 43424, L tmt, 17/ 18 Sept 1994; MMF 43425, R tmt, 17/ 18 ... : Published as part of Alcover, Josep Antoni, Pieper, Harald, Pereira, Fernando & Rando, Juan Carlos, 2015, Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4057 (2) on pages 155-157, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/233597 ...