Aztec Rail
Rallus tenuirostrisRidgway, R, 1874
English (US) Aztec Rail
The Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) 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: central MexicoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rallus tenuirostris
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Aztec Rail
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1874
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus elegans var. tenuirostris
- Described by
- Ridgway, R, 1874
- Type locality
- City of Mexico.
- Original description
- The American Naturalist, An Illustrated Magazine of Natural History 8 p.111
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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