The Galápagos Rail has returned after conservationists removed wild cat and rat populations that had driven out the bird ...
The Galápagos rail (Laterallus spilonota), a small, elusive bird once believed extinct on Floreana Island, has been spotted again for the first time since Charles Darwin’s visit in 1835. This ...
The Galapagos Rail had not been seen on this island since Charles Darwin's visit to the archipelago in 1835, until now.
The same was true for the Galápagos rail, a shy bird species seen on Floreana Island by Charles Darwin in 1835 and then never again – that is, until now. The Galápagos Rail (Laterallus ...
The year was 1835, and during his groundbreaking five-week visit, Darwin recorded the presence of a small bird on the island of Floreana. It was described and named the Galápagos rail.
The Galápagos rail, a small, black, ground bird, hadn’t been seen on Floreana Island in the Galápagos since 1835, when Charles Darwin first described it. That changed recently when researchers ...