Rodrigues Rail
Erythromachus leguatiMilne-Edwards, A, 1873
English (US) Rodrigues Rail
The Rodrigues Rail (Erythromachus leguati) 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 Rodrigues; extinct, last report 1726Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Erythromachus leguati
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Rodrigues Rail
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A, 1873
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Milne-Edwards, A, 1873
- Type locality
- Rodriguez Island
- Original description
- Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études, Section des Sciences Naturelles 9, art.3 p.6 pl.11 fig.1 pl.12 fig.3,4
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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