Biology:Tsingy wood rail
| Tsingy wood rail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Sarothruridae |
| Genus: | Mentocrex |
| Species: | M. beankaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mentocrex beankaensis Goodman, Raherilalao & Block, 2011
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Canirallus beankaensis | |
The Tsingy wood rail (Mentocrex beankaensis) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae that was scientifically described in 2011.[2]
It is endemic to areas with dry deciduous forest and limestone karst in the lowlands of west-central Madagascar . It is larger than the Madagascar wood rail, and also differs in the colour of the throat, moustachial stripe and region near the eyes.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Canirallus together with Madagascar wood rail and the grey-throated rail (Canirallus oculeus). A molecular genetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-throated rail is not closely related to the wood rails. The wood rails were therefore moved to the resurrected genus Mentocrex.[3][4]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2021). "Mentocrex beankaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T22724980A179322914. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22724980/179322914. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ Goodman, S.M.; Raherilalao (2011). "Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa 2776 (2776): 49–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2776.1.3. https://mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02776p060.pdf.
- ↑ Boast, A.P. (2019). "Mitochondrial genomes from New Zealand's extinct adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) support a sister-taxon relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae". Diversity 11 (24): 1–21. doi:10.3390/d11020024.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/.
Wikidata ☰ Q684524 entry
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