Virginia Rail
Rallus limicolaVieillot, LJP, 1819
English (US) Virginia Rail
The Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) 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.
- Scientific name
- Rallus limicola
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Virginia Rail
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
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The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Rallus limicola limicola
- Rallus limicola friedmanni
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1819
- Type locality
- United States = Pennsylvania, ex Edwards, pi. 279.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 28 p.558
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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