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Rallus

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Rallus is a genus of wetland birds of the rail family. [1]

32 relations: Africa, African rail, Americas, Austral rail, Aztec rail, Bird, Bogotá rail, Brown-cheeked rail, Carl Linnaeus, Clapper rail, Ecuadorian rail, Eurasia, Gallirallus, Genus, Ibiza rail, King rail, Lewinia, List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species, Loye H. Miller, Madagascan rail, Madagascar, Mangrove rail, Marsh, Plain-flanked rail, Rail (bird), Ridgway's rail, South America, Virginia rail, Water rail, Wetland, Zapata rail, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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African rail

The African rail (Rallus caerulescens) is a small wetland bird of the rail family.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Austral rail

The austral rail (Rallus antarcticus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Aztec rail

The Aztec rail or Mexican rail (Rallus tenuirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bogotá rail

The Bogotá rail (Rallus semiplumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Brown-cheeked rail

The brown-cheeked rail or eastern water rail (Rallus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Clapper rail

The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae.

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Ecuadorian rail

The Ecuadorian rail (Rallus aequatorialis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Eurasia

Eurasia is a combined continental landmass of Europe and Asia.

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Gallirallus

Gallirallus is a genus that contains about a dozen living, and several recently extinct, species of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Ibiza rail

The Ibiza rail (Rallus eivissensis) is a recently discovered fossil species of rail, described from a late Pleistocene to Holocene cave deposit at Es Pouàs, on the island of Ibiza.

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King rail

The king rail (Rallus elegans) is a waterbird, the largest North American rail.

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Lewinia

Lewinia is a genus of bird in the family Rallidae.

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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species

Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that have become extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by ornithologists.

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Loye H. Miller

Loye Holmes Miller (18 October 1874 – 6 April 1970), was an American paleontologist and zoologist who served as professor of zoology at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Davis.

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Madagascan rail

The Madagascan rail (Rallus madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.

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Mangrove rail

The mangrove rail (Rallus longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Marsh

A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.

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Plain-flanked rail

The plain-flanked rail (Rallus wetmorei) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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Rail (bird)

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds.

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Ridgway's rail

Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus) is a near-threatened species of bird.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Virginia rail

The Virginia rail (Rallus limicola) is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.

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Water rail

The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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Zapata rail

The Zapata rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai) is a medium-sized, dark-coloured rail, the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallus

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