Pico rail
Extinct species of bird
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The Pico rail (Rallus montevagorum) is an extinct species of Rallus that inhabited Pico Island in the Azores during the Holocene epoch.[1]
| Pico rail Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Artist's illustration of Rallus montevargorum (marked with 'a') as it may have appeared while living. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallus |
| Species: | †R. montevagorum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Rallus montevagorum Alcover et. al., 2015 | |