Mangrove rail

Mangrove rail
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Rallus
Species: R. longirostris
Binomial name
Rallus longirostris
Boddaert, 1783

The mangrove rail (Rallus longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in South America. It was formerly considered conspecific with the clapper rail (Rallus crepitans).[1][2]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

References

  1. Maley JM, Brumfield RT. 2013. Mitochondrial and next-generation sequence data used to infer phylogenetic relationships and species limits in the Clapper/King Rail (Rallus longirostris and elegans) complex. Condor. 115:316–329.

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