Fossil birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a description of a new species of quail (Galliformes: Phasianidae)

Abstract

The fossil vertebrate fauna from the Pleistocene of La Gomera (Canary Islands, Eastern Atlantic Ocean) is described. Remains of fossil bird and reptile species have been found, but there seem to be an abscence of autochthonous terrestrial mammals. An exti