Cheke suggested to one of the authors, Francois Moutou, that the fossils may have been of the Réunion solitaire, and this suggestion was published in 1995.
Cheke suxeriulle a un dos autores deste informe, Francois Moutou, que os fósiles poderían pertencer a un Threskiornis solitarius, suxestión que se publicou posteriormente no ano 1995.