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Red Rail - BirdForum Opus

Skull t.png The species Red Rail is extinct.
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Alternative name: Red Hen

Aphanapteryx bonasia

Identification

Distribution

Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius Island. Probably went extinct around year 1700.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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External Links

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