| Malagasy lapwing | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Charadriidae |
| Genus: | Vanellus |
| Species: | V. madagascariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vanellus madagascariensis Goodman, 1997[1] |
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The Malagasy lapwing (Vanellus madagascariensis) is an extinct wader in the lapwing family. It is known only from two subfossil humeri found in separate localities in south-western Madagascar which were described by Steven M. Goodman. Radiocarbon dating has indicated that the species became extinct in the 14th century during a period of climatic aridification.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Goodman, Steven M (1997). "Description of a new species of subfossil lapwing (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Vanellus) from Madagascar". Bulletin Museum Nattional d'Histoire Naturelle 18: 607–614.
- ^ Hume, Julian P; Walters, Michael (2012). Extinct Birds. Poyser Monographs. A&C Black. p. 125. ISBN 9781408158623.