Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Red Rail
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
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)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
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)
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
(
)
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
)
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
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)
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
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)
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
)
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Cranes, Rails
- Suborder:
Ralli
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)
- Family:
Rallidae
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)
- Vigors, 1825
- Genus:
Aphanapteryx
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)
- (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
- Specific name:
bonasia
- (Sélys-Longchamps, 1848)
- Scientific name: - Aphanapteryx bonasia (Sélys-Longchamps, 1848)
- Specific name:
bonasia
- (Sélys-Longchamps, 1848)
- Genus:
Aphanapteryx
(
- Family:
Rallidae
(
- Suborder:
Ralli
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aphanapteryx
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
A. bonasia (Red Rail) · A. leguati (Rodrigues Rail)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Aphanapteryx bonasia. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2505625
- IUCN ID: 1832
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2150
