Grey-throated Rail
Canirallus oculeus(Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
English (US) Gray-throated Rail
UK name: Grey-throated Rail
The Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus) 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: rainforest of Sierra Leone to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Canirallus oculeus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-throated Rail
- English (UK)
- Grey-throated Rail
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gallinula oculea
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
- Type locality
- Rio Boutry, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 3, no.17 p.357
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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