Sakalava Rail
Zapornia olivieri(Grandidier, G; Berlioz, J, 1929)
English (US) Sakalava Rail
The Sakalava Rail (Zapornia olivieri) 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: very local in marshes of northwestern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia olivieri
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Sakalava Rail
- Described by
- (Grandidier, G; Berlioz, J, 1929)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porzana Olivieri
- Described by
- (Grandidier, G; Berlioz, J, 1929)
- Type locality
- Antsalova, Province of Maintirano, western Madagascar.
- Original description
- Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache n.s., 10(1927) p.83 pl.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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