Laterallus melanophaius (Vieillot)

Nascimento, Rafael S. & Silveira, Luís Fábio, 2024, Fossil and subfossil birds of Brazil, Zoologia (e 23079) 41, pp. 1-234 : 123

378. Laterallus melanophaius (Vieillot) ?

Quaternary – MG

Porzana melanophaea ? – Winge 1887: 26.

[ Porzana ] melanophaea – Goeldi 1894: 559.

Porzana sp. (“(?) melanocephala ”) – Lambrecht 1933: 761.

Porzana melanophaius – Brodkorb 1967: 134.

Porzana melanophaius ? – Mones 1986: 86.

Laterallus melanophaius – Cuello 1988: 43.

Laterallus melanophaius ? – Nascimento and Silveira 2020: 492.

Winge (1887) reported two tibiotarsi and two tarsometatarsi from Lapa da Escrivânia V, and one tarsometatarsus of recent age [28], similar to the remains he described as“ Porzana sp. and minimis, non P. flaviventris ” (see Rallidae indet. 2) but larger and slenderer. Of the species that live in the region, he believed they could only belong to Laterallus melanophaius , of which the tarsometatarsus of a taxidermied specimen corresponds in size. Additionally, several humeri from Lapa da Escrivânia V, similar in size to Porphyrio flavirostris but different in shape, probably belong to this species. Winge noted they are perhaps quite large regarding the other bones, but this does not prevent them from belonging to the same species.