Mangrove rail

Mangrove rail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Rallus
Species: R. longirostris
Binomial name
Rallus longirostris
Boddaert, 1783

The mangrove rail (Rallus longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in South America. It was formerly considered conspecific with the clapper rail (Rallus crepitans).[2][3]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

References

  1. BirdLife International (2014). "Rallus longirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  2. Maley JM, Brumfield RT. 2013. Mitochondrial and next-generation sequence data used to infer phylogenetic relationships and species limits in the Clapper/King Rail (Rallus longirostris and elegans) complex. Condor. 115:316–329.


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