Lord Howe Woodhen
Gallirallus sylvestris(Sclater, PL, 1870)
English (US) Lord Howe Woodhen
The Lord Howe Woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) 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: Lord Howe Island (east of Australia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus sylvestris
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Lord Howe Woodhen
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ocydromus sylvestris
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1870)
- Type locality
- Lord Howe Island.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, pt.3 p.472 pl.35
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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