| Striped crake | |
|---|---|
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| male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aenigmatolimnas J.L. Peters, 1932 |
| Species: | A. marginalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Poliolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | |
The striped crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas, having formerly been included in Porzana or in the defunct genus Poliolimnas. Its precise relationships, however, are still enigmatic.
Range
It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Vagrants have been recorded in Kuwait, Italy, Algeria, Morocco and Libya.
Gallery
male and chicks
chick
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Amaurornis marginalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692729A111821536. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692729A111821536.en. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
External links
- Image at ADW
- Striped crake - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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