Madagascar wood rail
Madagascar wood rail | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Sarothruridae |
Genus: | Mentocrex |
Species: | M. kioloides
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Binomial name | |
Mentocrex kioloides (Pucheran, 1845)
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Synonyms | |
Canirallus kioloides |
The Madagascar wood rail (Mentocrex kioloides), also known as the kioloides rail, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is endemic to forests, often in wet areas, in northern and eastern Madagascar. The Madagascar wood rail is a secretive and shy species, often showing elusive behavior, such as running away from the slightest disturbances. This has contributed to a lack of study on this species; a reason why it is not that well known.[2]
This species was formerly placed in the genus Canirallus together with Tsingy wood rail and the grey-throated rail. A molecular genetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-throated rail is not closely related to the wood rails. The wood rails were therefore moved to the resurrected genus Mentocrex.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Mentocrex kioloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692264A93345143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692264A93345143.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Block, Nicholas; Goodman, Steven; Raherilalao, Marie (2011). "Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa. 2776 (1): 49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2776.1.3.
- ^ Boast, A.P.; et al. (2019). "Mitochondrial genomes from New Zealand's extinct adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) support a sister-taxon relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae". Diversity. 11 (24): 1–21. doi:10.3390/d11020024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Mentocrex
- Birds described in 1845
- Gruiformes stubs