Red Rail
Aphanapteryx bonasia(de Sélys Longchamps, ME, 1848)
English (US) Red Rail
The Red Rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) 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: formerly Mauritius; extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aphanapteryx bonasia
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Red Rail
- Described by
- (de Sélys Longchamps, ME, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Apterornis bonasia
- Described by
- (de Sélys Longchamps, ME, 1848)
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 11 p.294
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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