Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Wake Island Rail, Wake Rail
Common Names in French:
Râle De Wake
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:
wakensis
- (Rothschild)1903 BBOC 13 p.78
- Scientific name: - Gallirallus wakensis (Rothschild)1903
- Specific name:
wakensis
- (Rothschild)1903 BBOC 13 p.78
- Genus:
Gallirallus
(
- Order:
Gruiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: October 17, 2001.
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.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79.
- 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 wakensis. 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-176239 ITS-560163
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176239
- IUCN ID: 8877
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5347
