The Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi), also known as DeBooy's rail, is an extinct species of flightless bird which occurred on Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.Olson, S. L. (1974): A new species of Nesotrochis from Hispaniola, with notes on other fossil rails from the West Indies (Aves: Rallidae)
Extinction Bone fragments of this species were first unearthed by archaeologist Theodoor de Booy in kitchen midden deposits on the Richmond estate near Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands in July 1916 and described by Alexander Wetmore in 1918. The Antillean cave rail might have become extinct before the arrival of Europeans.Wetmore, A. (1918): Bones of birds collected by Theodoor de Booy from Kitchen Midden deposits in the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix
References
External links The Auk Vol. 55 (1938), p. 51: Bird remains from the West Indies by Alexander Wetmore Catalogue of Fossil birds by Pierce Brodkorb Part 3 - Family Rallidae p. 127 Bird remains from the caves of Porto Rico. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 46, article 4., 1922