Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus, Rallus ridgwayi)

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  Imageinnovator

• Feb 7, 2021

Great same-level shot of this rail. Brilliant light and detail.

 

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  bievreJJ

• Feb 7, 2021

three marvelous photos, top marks, many tfs!!

 

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  Kits

• Feb 7, 2021

Very nicely lit, posed and focused in a lovely setting.

 

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  delia todd

• Feb 8, 2021

What a great find for you BBB, and a fabulous picture you've taken of this rather rare rail too.

Well done lad.

You used the scientific name of Rallus ridgwayi but, having checked on Avibase, I can't find this name in use. I'll continue to research this, but at the moment I've used Rallus obsolutus for the main scientific name.

 

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  katastrofa

• Feb 8, 2021

Fantastic capture.

 

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  birdboybowley

• Feb 9, 2021

delia todd said:

What a great find for you BBB, and a fabulous picture you've taken of this rather rare rail too.

Well done lad.

You used the scientific name of Rallus ridgwayi but, having checked on Avibase, I can't find this name in use. I'll continue to research this, but at the moment I've used Rallus obsolutus for the main scientific name.

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It's quite a widespread split I believe?

 

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  delia todd

• Feb 9, 2021

Hi Ads.

Having drawn a blank myself on this (your picture did come up in a Google Search though LOL), I took it to the Opus Editors to see if they had any more information.

Niels (@njlarsen) said "I cannot even see any subspecies before or after the split containing any latinized version of Ridgway."

Do you have any sources for this that I can pass on to them to look at - as you will maybe realise I wouldn't know one of these if it bit me on the.....er.... nose!! Let alone any of the taxonomy.

 

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  njlarsen

• Feb 9, 2021

I see I was mentioned

As far as I know, Ridgway's Rail is widely accepted using the scientific name Rallus obsolutus

Niels

 

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  delia todd

• Feb 9, 2021

Sorry Niels .... I could see me running out of any useful things to say and I didn't know where else to research.