Roviana rail
| Roviana rail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | H. rovianae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypotaenidia rovianae (Diamond, 1991)
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypotaenidia rovianae (Diamond, 1991) | |
The Roviana rail (Hypotaenidia rovianae) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Western Province (Solomon Islands).[2]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations .
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hypotaenidia rovianae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692438A93353749.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Diamond, Jared (1991). "A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness" (PDF). The Auk. 108 (3): 461–470. doi:10.2307/4088088. JSTOR 4088088.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Hypotaenidia
- Birds of the Western Province (Solomon Islands)
- Endemic fauna of the Solomon Islands
- Birds described in 1991
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