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Five new extinct species of rails (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from the Macaronesian Islands (North Atlantic Ocean)
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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). Zootaxa 4057 (2): 151-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.1
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