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Occurrence in Puerto Rico

Historical Birds

Birds included through historical records, including extirpated and extinct taxa that shaped Puerto Rico's avifauna.

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AI reconstruction of Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)AI
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
AI reconstruction of Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)AI
Limpkin
AI reconstruction of American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)AI
American Flamingo

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Historical Birds

Birds included through historical records, including extirpated and extinct taxa that shaped Puerto Rico's avifauna.

AI reconstruction of Antillean Cave Rail (Nesotrochis debooyi)AI
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ExtinctIUCN NE

Antillean Cave Rail

Rascón de Cuevas Antillano

Nesotrochis debooyi

Caves preserve remains; inferred terrestrial wetland/forest-edge habitats↗

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