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Gymnocrex plumbeiventris intactus (Sclater, 1869)

Intact rail

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Rallus intactus Sclater, 1869

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Solomon Islands (New Ireland?)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Only known from the holotype.

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Sclater, P. L. (1869). On a collection of birds from the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 118-126.


Other references:

Knox, Alan G. and Walters, Michael P. (1994). Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of The Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publications 1: 1-292.

Taylor, B. and van Perlo, B. (1998). Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

 

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