The Canary Islands quail (''Coturnix gomerae'') is an extinct
quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey, or bevy.
Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New ...
species that once occurred on the island of
La Gomera
La Gomera () is one of Spain's Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. With an area of , it is the third-smallest of the archipelago's eight main islands. It belongs to the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. La Gomer ...
(
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; ) or Canaries are an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean and the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, Autonomous Community of Spain. They are located in the northwest of Africa, with the closest point to the cont ...
,
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
).
Extinction
This quail was most likely still present in the Canary Islands after humans settled there.
Cat
The cat (''Felis catus''), also referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species of the family Felidae. Advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the ...
s could have been one of the causes of the disappearance of some little flying birds like the Canary Islands quail.
See also
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List of extinct birds
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List of extinct animals
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List of extinct animals of Europe
References
Jaume, D.; McMinn, M. & Alcover, J. A. (1993): Fossil bird from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of Quail (Galliformes; Phasianidae). ''Boletin do Museu Municipal de Funchal'' 2: 147–165.
External links
The Extinction Website
Coturnix
Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
Quails
Birds of the Canary Islands
Holocene extinctions
Birds described in 1993
Extinct birds of Atlantic islands
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