Subfossil bones of a starling-like bird were first discovered on Rodrigues by the police magistrate George Jenner In 1866 and 1871, and by the British naturalist Henry H. Slater in 1874. They were found in caves on the Plaine Coral, a limestone plain in south-west Rodrigues. These bones included the cranium, mandible, sternum, coracoid, humerus, metacarpus, ulna, femur, tibia, and metatarsus of several birds; the bones were deposited in the British Museum and the Cambridge Museum.
In 1866 and 1871, police magistrate George Jenner and British naturalist Henry H. Slater found subfossil bird bones on Rodrigues. These included the skull, lower jaw, breastbone, shoulder blade, upper arm bone, hand bones, forearm bone, thigh bone, shin bone, and foot bones of several birds; they were discovered in caves on Plaine Coral, a limestone plain in south-west Rodrigues. The bones were then sent to the British Museum and Cambridge Museum.