Austral Rail
Rallus antarcticusKing, PP, 1828
English (US) Austral Rail
The Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) 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: marshes of central Chile and Argentina to Tierra del FuegoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rallus antarcticus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Austral Rail
- Described by
- King, PP, 1828
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Antarcticus
- Described by
- King, PP, 1828
- Type locality
- Straits of Magellan.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.13 p.95
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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