Pink-legged rail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
Species: | H. insignis |
Binomial name | |
Hypotaenidia insignis (P.L. Sclater, 1880) | |
Synonyms | |
Hypotaenidia insignis(Sclater, 1880) |
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