Okinawa Rail
Gallirallus okinawae(Yamashina, Y; Mano, T, 1981)
English (US) Okinawa Rail
The Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae) 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: forest and edge from lowlands to hills of northern Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus okinawae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Okinawa Rail
- Described by
- (Yamashina, Y; Mano, T, 1981)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus okinawae
- Described by
- (Yamashina, Y; Mano, T, 1981)
- Original description
- Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology 13 p.1-6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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