Calayan Rail
Gallirallus calayanensisAllen, DNS; Oliveros, CH; Española, C; Broad, G; Gonzalez, JCT, 2004
English (US) Calayan Rail
The Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis) 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: Calayan Island (far northern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus calayanensis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Calayan Rail
- Described by
- Allen, DNS; Oliveros, CH; Española, C; Broad, G; Gonzalez, JCT, 2004
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Allen, DNS; Oliveros, CH; Española, C; Broad, G; Gonzalez, JCT, 2004
- Original description
- Forktail 20 p.1-7
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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