Rallus adolfocaesaris

Rallus adolfocaesaris; Temporal range: Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Artist's illustration of how Rallus adolfocaesaris may have appeared while living.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Rallus
Species:	†R. adolfocaesaris
Binomial name
	†Rallus adolfocaesaris; Alcover et. al., 2015

Last updated February 08, 2026

Rallus adolfocaesaris is an extinct species of Rallus that inhabited Porto Santo Island of Madeira during the Holocene epoch.^[1]

References

↑ Josep Antoni Alcover; Harald Pieper; Fernando Pereira; Juan Carlos Rando (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. hdl: 10261/132286 . PMID 26701473.

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[ZT40572-1] Josep Antoni Alcover; Harald Pieper; Fernando Pereira; Juan Carlos Rando (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. hdl: 10261/132286 . PMID 26701473.

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Rallus adolfocaesaris Temporal range: Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Artist's illustration of how Rallus adolfocaesaris may have appeared while living.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Rallus
Species:	†R. adolfocaesaris
Binomial name
†Rallus adolfocaesaris Alcover et. al., 2015