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[[File:Sakalava_Rail_BB.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|birdboybowley|birdboybowley}}<br />Lake Kinkony, [[Madagascar]], 18 October 2012]]
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''Amaurornis olivieri''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
A very rare Madagascar endemic birds and in critical position.
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[[Image:Sakalava_Rail.png|thumb|250px|right|Graphic by ''Nrg800'' <br> The Sakalava Rail's Range]]
May be 20 couples all over Madagascar in maxima.
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Sakalava region of northwestern Madagascar ''status unknown''<br /><br />
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Endemic to [[Madagascar]] (northwestern). Birdlife International reports that it recently was found in new locations, but still list the bird as Endangered.  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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A monotypic species.<br />
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Placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Amaurornis|Amaurornis]]'' by IOC.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
==External Links==
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==References==
{{GSearch|Amaurornis+olivieri}}
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Taylor, B. and E. de Juana (2020). Sakalava Rail (Zapornia olivieri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sakrai1.01
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==External Links==
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Zapornia]] [[Category:Maps]]

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Lake Kinkony, Madagascar, 18 October 2012
Zapornia olivieri

Amaurornis olivieri

Identification

Distribution

Graphic by Nrg800
The Sakalava Rail's Range

Sakalava region of northwestern Madagascar status unknown

Endemic to Madagascar (northwestern). Birdlife International reports that it recently was found in new locations, but still list the bird as Endangered.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.
Placed in the genus Amaurornis by IOC.

Habitat

Rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Taylor, B. and E. de Juana (2020). Sakalava Rail (Zapornia olivieri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.sakrai1.01


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