Woodford's rail

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Woodford's rail
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Illustration by Keulemans, 1894
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Species:
G. woodfordi
Binomial name
Gallirallus woodfordi
Synonyms
  • Nesoclopeus woodfordi
  • Hypotaenidia woodfordi
  • Rallina woodfordi
  • Eulabeornis woodfordi

Woodford's rail (Gallirallus woodfordi), also known as the Guadalcanal rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

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Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and rural gardens.

Status and conservation

It is currently threatened by habitat loss and is the only surviving species of the genus Nesoclopeus . However, recent genetic evidence finds that the species is nested within Gallirallus , as sister taxon to the Guam rail. [2]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2022). "Hypotaenidia woodfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T22727451A210640619. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Garcia-R, Juan C.; Gibb, Gillian C.; Trewick, Steve A. (December 2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID   25255711.


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