Biology:Malagasy lapwing
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Malagasy lapwing Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. madagascariensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman, 1997[1]
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The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis) is an extinct type of wader/shorebird, in the lapwing family.
Description
It is known only from two subfossil humeri, found in separate locales in south-western Madagascar, which were described by Steven M. Goodman.
The species is notable for the huge carpal spurs that it sported on its wings, the largest spurs of any lapwing species both in relative and absolute size.[2]
Estimated time of extinction
Radiocarbon dating has indicated that the species became extinct in the 14th century, during a period of climatic aridification.[3]
References
- ↑ Goodman, Steven M (1997). "Description of a new species of subfossil lapwing (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Vanellus) from Madagascar". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 607–614.
- ↑ Goodman, Steven M.; Rasolonjatovo, Harimanjaka A. M. (2024-08-01). "Description of the wing spur in the subfossil Malagasy lapwing, Vanellus madagascariensis (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae): Insights into some of its possible life history traits and why it is extinct". Geobios 85: 19–24. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.002. ISSN 0016-6995. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S001669952400038X.
- ↑ Hume, Julian P; Walters, Michael (2012). Extinct Birds. Poyser Monographs. A&C Black. p. 125. ISBN 9781408158623.
Wikidata ☰ Q1883109 entry
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