Photos available for press about the paper The origin of the world’s smallest flightless bird, the Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi (Aves: Rallidae) (Stervander et al. 2019). All pictures can be freely used, but we ask that the photographers are credited appropriately. Click the thumbnails below to retrieve the full-size images.
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- The Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) that contributed DNA for the study. Photo: Peter G. Ryan.
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- The head of the Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) that contributed DNA for the study. Photo: Peter G. Ryan.
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- An Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) in the hands of Martin Stervander demonstrates its greatly reduced wings. Photo: Martim Melo.
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- Inaccessible Island is aptly named. Photo: Peter G. Ryan.
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- Lead author Martin Stervander is studying a common diving-petrel (Pelecanoides urinatrix) on Inaccessible Island. Photo: Martim Melo.
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- An Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) has just been banded by Martim Melo. Photo: Martin Stervander.
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- Three fourths of the research team during field work on Inaccessible Island: from left to right Martim Melo, Peter G. Ryan, and Martin Stervander. Photo: Martim Melo.
