Corvus palmarum Wurttemberg 1835
| Main Author: | Suárez, William |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3856782 |
Daftar Isi:
- Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 Palm Crow; Cao Pinalero Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835, Erst. Reis nörd. Amer., P. 68. Referred material. San Felipe II: left tarsometatarsus without proximal end, MNHNCu 75. 4816. Description. Tarsometatarsus slender in comparison with the corresponding element in the skeleton of Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826. Measurements. Tarsometatarsus: Total length: 55.5; proximal width: 8.6; width and depth of shaft at midpoint: 3.4–4.2; distal width: 6.1. Comments. The Palm Crow is a rare species in Cuba today, but locally common in some points of its current relictual distribution (Garrido & Kirkconnell 2011:191). Abundant material has been recovered in cave deposits of Artemisa Province (Suárez & Arredondo 1997:101; Suárez 2000b: 64, table 1), providing evidence of a greater former distribution within the Cuban archipelago. This species does not currently live in the Province of Matanzas, since it is limited to a few localities in open areas of the provinces of Pinar del Río (possibly extirpated population; Suárez per. obs. 2001) and Camagüey (Garrido & Kirkconnell 2011: 191).
- Published as part of Suárez, William, 2020, The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba, pp. 1-53 in Zootaxa 4780 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3856493