Laysan Rail
Zapornia palmeri(Frohawk, FW, 1892)
English (US) Laysan Rail
The Laysan Rail (Zapornia palmeri) 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 Laysan Island; extinct, last reported 1944Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia palmeri
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Laysan Rail
- Described by
- (Frohawk, FW, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porzanula Palmeri
- Described by
- (Frohawk, FW, 1892)
- Type locality
- Laysan Island, lat. 25° 46' N.; long. 171° 49' W.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.6, vol.9, no.51 p.247
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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