Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Tahiti Rail, Tahitian Rail
Common Names in French:
Râle Tévéa
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Gruiformes
()
- Cranes, Rails
- Genus:
Gallirallus
()
- Lafresnaye 1841 Rev.Zool. 4 p.243 Citation
- Specific name:
pacificus
- (Gmelin) 1789Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.717
- Scientific name: - Gallirallus pacificus (Gmelin) 1789
- Specific name:
pacificus
- (Gmelin) 1789Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.717
- Genus:
Gallirallus
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gallirallus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 57 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. australis (Weka Rail) · G. australis australis (Weka Rail) · G. australis greyi · G. australis hectori · G. australis scotti · G. calayanensis · G. dieffenbachii (Chatham Islands Banded Rail) · G. huiatua · G. insignis (New Britain Rail) · G. lafresnayanus (New Caledonian Wood Rail) · G. modestus (Chatham Islands Rail) · G. okinawae (Okinawa Rail) · G. owstoni (Guam Rail) · G. pacificus (Tahitian Rail) · G. philippensis (Buff-Banded Rail) · G. philippensis admiralitatis · G. philippensis anachoretae · G. philippensis andrewsi · G. philippensis assimilis · G. philippensis christophori · G. philippensis ecaudatus · G. philippensis goodsoni · G. philippensis lacustris · G. philippensis lesouefi · G. philippensis macquariensis · G. philippensis mellori · G. philippensis meyeri · G. philippensis pelewensis · G. philippensis philippensis (Buff-Banded Rail) · G. philippensis praedo · G. philippensis randi · G. philippensis reductus · G. philippensis sethsmithi · G. philippensis swindellsi · G. philippensis tounelieri · G. philippensis wahgiensis · G. philippensis wilkinsoni · G. philippensis xerophilus · G. ripleyi · G. rovianae (Roviana Rail) · G. sharpei (SharpeÌs Rail) · G. striatus (Blue-Breasted Banded Rail) · G. striatus albiventer · G. striatus gularis · G. striatus jouyi · G. striatus obscurior · G. striatus striatus (Blue-Breasted-Banded Rail) · G. striatus taiwanus · G. sylvestris (Lord Howe Island Wood Hen) · G. torquatus (Barred Rail) · G. torquatus celebensis · G. torquatus kuehni · G. torquatus saturatus · G. torquatus sulcirostris · G. torquatus torquatus (Barred Rail) · G. troglodytes · G. wakensis (Wake Island Rail)
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Further Reading
- 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
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. Gallirallus pacificus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8905663
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-560156
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 560156
- IUCN ID: 8876
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5346
