Sharpe's rail
| Sharpe's rail | |
|---|---|
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| Turnaround video of specimen RMNH 87485, Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
| Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | G. sharpei |
| Binomial name | |
| Gallirallus sharpei Büttikofer, 1893 | |
The Sharpe's rail (Gallirallus sharpei) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is known only from the type specimen of unknown origin, but it has been speculated that it originated from Indonesia. Due to the lack of recent records, it has been considered extinct, but new evidence suggests it is possibly better regarded as a morph of the buff-banded rail.
The common name and Latin binomial name commemorate the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.
References
- BirdLife International (2008). Gallirallus sharpei. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 November 2008.
- BirdLife International Globally Threatened Forums (2008). Sharpe’s Rail (Gallirallus sharpei): no longer recognised taxonomically. Accessed 2008-12-15.
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