Coturnicops

Last updated

Coturnicops
Coturnicops noveboracensisAAP026CB.jpg
Yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Coturnicops
G.R. Gray, 1855
Type species
Fulica noveboracensis [1]
Gmelin, 1789

Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family.

The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) as the type species. [2] The genus name combines coturnix, the Latin word for a "quail", with ōps, an Ancient Greek word meaning "appearance". [3]

Species

The genus contains the following three species: [4]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Swinhoe's rail Coturnicops exquisitusManchuria and southeastern Siberia.
Yellow Rail.jpg Yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensisCanada east of the Rockies; also the northeastern United States
Speckled crake Coturnicops notatusArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yellow rail</span> Species of bird

The yellow rail is a small secretive marsh bird of the family Rallidae that is found in North America.

<i>Dumetia</i> Genus of birds

Dumetia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae that are found in India and Sri Lanka.

<i>Myiopsitta</i> Genus of birds

Myiopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittacidae. They are native to South America, but are found all over Europe, as well. They are known as an invasive species due to the crop damage they cause, which greatly affects the wildlife all across Europe. The monk parakeet is sometimes considered monotypic within the genus.

<i>Chlorophonia</i> Genus of birds

Chlorophonia is a genus of finches in the family Fringillidae. The Chlorophonias are endemic to the Neotropics. They are small, mostly bright green birds that inhabit humid forests and nearby habitats, especially in highlands.

<i>Cinclodes</i> Genus of birds

Cinclodes is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. There are about a dozen species distributed across the southern and Andean regions of South America. They are terrestrial birds of open habitats, typically found near water such as mountain streams or the seashore where they forage for small invertebrates. They are stocky birds with strong legs and feet and pointed, slightly downcurved bills. The plumage is inconspicuous and mainly brown, often with a pale wingbar, stripe over the eye and corners to the tail. They have loud, trilling songs and often raise their wings while singing.

<i>Coryphospingus</i> Genus of birds

Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America. Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows.

<i>Thlypopsis</i> Genus of birds

Thlypopsis is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

<i>Laterallus</i> Genus of birds

Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the black rail, also occurs in the United States.

<i>Discosura</i> Genus of birds

Discosura is a genus of South and Central American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The thorntails are sometimes placed in the genus Popelairia, leaving Discosura for the racket-tailed coquette. On the contrary, some have argued for merging this genus into Lophornis, which they overall resemble, except for the highly modified tail-feathers of the males.

<i>Hydropsalis</i> Genus of birds

Hydropsalis is a genus of nightjars in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical regions of the New World.

<i>Lurocalis</i> Genus of birds

Lurocalis is a genus of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae. The species are found in Central and South America.

<i>Chalcopsitta</i> Genus of birds

Chalcopsitta is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae and the subfamily Loriinae. All three species are native to New Guinea and western offshore islands. The name Chalcopsitta is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning "bronze" and psitta meaning "parrot".

<i>Touit</i> Genus of birds

Touit is a genus of Neotropical parrots in the family Psittacidae.

<i>Lewinia</i> Genus of birds

Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

<i>Aethopyga</i> Genus of birds

Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. Species in this genus are found in South Asia, Southeast Asia and parts of China. Many species such as the grey-hooded sunbird, Apo sunbird, metallic-winged sunbird, handsome sunbird, and Lina's sunbird are endemic to the Philippines.

<i>Lepidocolaptes</i> Genus of birds

Lepidocolaptes is a genus of birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. These are relatively small woodcreepers with fairly long, thin and slightly decurved bills.

<i>Margarornis</i> Genus of birds

Margarornis is a genus of passerine birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. They are found in South and Middle America. All four species in the genus have "treerunner" in their English name.

<i>Veniliornis</i> Genus of birds

Veniliornis is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are native to Central and South America.

<i>Cyanomitra</i> Genus of birds

Cyanomitra is a genus of African sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.

<i>Argya</i> Genus of birds in the family Leiothrichidae

Argya is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species are distributed across Africa and southern Asia and are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds that forage in noisy groups. Members of this genus were formerly placed in the genera Turdoides and Garrulax.

References

  1. "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 120.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 120. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.