Rouget's Rail
Rougetius rougetii(Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
English (US) Rouget's Rail
The Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii) 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: highlands of Eritrea and EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rougetius rougetii
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Rouget's Rail
- Described by
- (Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Rougetii
- Described by
- (Guérin-Méneville, FÉ, 1843)
- Type locality
- Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.322
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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