Striped Crake
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis(Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
English (US) Striped Crake
The Striped Crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: locally in sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Striped Crake
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porzana marginalis
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1857)
- Type locality
- Gaboon.
- Original description
- System der Ornithologie Westafrica's p.241
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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