Biology:Cabalus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Cabalus
Mus Nat Hist Nat 25022013 Gallirallus lafresnayanus.jpg
New Caledonian rail, Cabalus lafresnayanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Cabalus
Hutton, 1874
Species

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Cabalus is a Oceanian genus of birds in the family Rallidae.[1] Both species in the genus were previously considered part of the genus Gallirallus.

Species

It contains two species, one extinct and another possibly so:

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q23779760 entry