Sakalava Rail - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by birdboybowley
Lake Kinkony, Madagascar, 18 October 2012

Zapornia olivieri

Amaurornis olivieri

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.

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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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sakalava Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sakalava_Rail

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