Nesotrochis

Nesotrochis; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Holocene
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	†Nesotrochis; Wetmore, 1918
Species
	†N. debooyi; †N. steganinos; †N. picapicensis;

Nesotrochis, otherwise known as the West Indian cave-rail, is an extinct genus of flightless rail, from the family Rallidae .^[1] Its species are considered examples of insular gigantism.^[1]

This genus contains the following species:

Antillean cave rail, Nesotrochis debooyi (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, West Indies) - may have survived until historic times
Haitian cave-rail, Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies) - prehistoric
Cuban cave-rail, Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies) - prehistoric

^ ^a ^b Livezey, Bradley C. (22 October 1997). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)" (PDF). The Royal Society.

[:0-1] Livezey, Bradley C. (22 October 1997). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)" (PDF). The Royal Society.

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