Tsingy Forest Rail - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative name: Tsingy Wood Rail

Photo & copy; by James Williams
Bemaraha Tsingy National Park, Madagascar

Mentocrex beankaensis

Canirallus beankaensis

Identification

Cinnamon-rufous underside, color extending up to about the eye. Crown dark grey mottled with greyish-brown showing less contrast in brightness than Madagascar Forest Rail. Also significantly larger than the latter.

Distribution

Patchily distributed in western Madagascar.

Taxonomy

This species is sometimes placed in genus Canirallus.

Subspecies

A monotypic species.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Birdforum thread discussing a new species Mentocrex beankaensis
4. Fjeldså, J. and E. de Juana (2020). Tsingy Wood-Rail (Mentrocrex beankaensis), 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.tsiwor1.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Tsingy Forest Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tsingy_Forest_Rail

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