St. Helena Crake
Zapornia astrictocarpus(Olson, SL, 1975)
English (US) St. Helena Crake
The St. Helena Crake (Zapornia astrictocarpus) 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: formerly St. Helena Island; extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia astrictocarpus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- St. Helena Crake
- Described by
- (Olson, SL, 1975)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porzana astrictocarpus
- Described by
- (Olson, SL, 1975)
- Original description
- Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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