Zapata Rail
Mustelirallus cerverai(Barbour, T; Peters, JL, 1927)
English (US) Zapata Rail
The Zapata Rail (Mustelirallus cerverai) 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: Zapata Swamp of southwestern CubaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mustelirallus cerverai
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Zapata Rail
- Described by
- (Barbour, T; Peters, JL, 1927)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cyanolimnas cerverai
- Described by
- (Barbour, T; Peters, JL, 1927)
- Type locality
- Santo Tomas, Peninsula de Zapata, Cuba.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9 p.95
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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