Rallina
Rallina | |
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Red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Rallina G.R. Gray, 1846 |
Synonyms | |
Tomirdus Mathews, 1912 |
Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains four species found in forest and marshland in Asia and Australasia.[1] They are 18–34 cm long and mainly chestnut or brown, often with black and white markings.[2] They are four species that are now placed in the genus Rallicula that were previously included in the genus Rallina. In fact, some taxonomic authorities continue to place them there. A fifth species, the Great Nicobar crake was proposed but not accepted as a separate species.[3]
Species[]
The genus contains the following four species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rallina tricolor | Red-necked crake | the Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea lowlands and adjacent islands, and north-eastern Australia. | |
Rallina canningi | Andaman crake | Andaman Islands | |
Rallina fasciata | Red-legged crake | north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh,[2] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia | |
Rallina eurizonoides | Slaty-legged crake | India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to the Philippines and Indonesia. |
References[]
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Barry & Ber van Perlo (1998). Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Sussex: Pica Press.
- ^ kumar, S Rajesh. "An apparently new species of Rallina crake from Great Nicobar Island, India, BirdingASIA 17: 44-46". Cite journal requires
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Categories:
- Rallina
- Bird genera
- Taxa named by George Robert Gray
- Gruiformes stubs