Aphanapteryx leguati

The Rodrigues Rail or Leguat's Gelinote is an extinct bird named after the learned traveller François Leguat, who came with a band of Huguenot religious refugees to Rodrigues in 1691 and stayed there for two years. It was also mentioned by Julien Tafforet in 1726. The Rodrigues Rail was a plump, flightless rail with bright gray plumage - probably an effect caused by fine grey and white mottling or vermiculations like on a mallard drake's flanks - and conspicuous redbill, feet and eye wattles. It was somewhat smaller than its relative, the Red Rail of Mauritius. The strong bill varied much in size and shape, some specimens having shorter and almost straight bills, others being much longer and prominently curved. It is unknown whether this related to sexual dimorphism or to individual variation or even to a genetic plasticity in bill shape and size that responds to differential food availability, as had been shown in some Darwin's finches. Leguat's account does suggest that he could not discern marked differenc

The Aphanapteryx leguati is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

* Rodrigues Rail or Leguat’s Rail Aphanapteryx leguati which became extinct some time after 1730 on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands. Both species were readily attracted by red objects and made excellent eating, factors which ensured their downfall. References - * Barry Taylor; Ber van Perlo (1998). Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300077580. More

Justification, Rodrigues Rail Aphanapteryx leguati was restricted to Rodrigues, Mauritius. ... http://www.encyclopedia.mu/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesRail.htm Rodrigues Rail - Aphanapteryx leguati: ENCYCLOPÆDIA Mauritiana. Aphanapteryx leguati - Rodrigues (Blue) Rail. ... Scientific Name. Aphanapteryx leguati. English Name. Rodrigues blue rail Leguat's Gelinote. ... http://www.earthlife.net/birds/extinct-list.html Extict Bird List: Australia, 1834. Red Rail, Aphanapteryx bonasia, Mauritius, 1693. Rodrigues Rail, aphanapteryx leguati, Rodrigues Is. Mauritius, 1761. Mascarene ... http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct/birds. More

Rodrigues Rail or Leguat’s Rail Aphanapteryx leguati which became extinct some time after 1730 on Rodrigues in the Mascarene Islands. Both species were readily attracted by red objects and made excellent eating, factors which ensured their downfall. More

Summary Aphanapteryx leguati was restricted to Rodrigues, Mauritius1. It is known from a number of bones2, and from several travellers' reports, the last of which was that of Tafforet in 17261. It presumably became extinct in the mid-18th century-Pingr More

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