King Rail Rallus elegans Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (2)
Bradley A. Pickens and Brooke Meanley
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 15, 2018
Text last updated February 15, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rascló elegant |
| Croatian | cimetastoprsa kokošica |
| Czech | chřástal královský |
| Dutch | Koningsral |
| English | King Rail |
| English (United States) | King Rail |
| Finnish | ruosteluhtakana |
| French | Râle élégant |
| French (France) | Râle élégant |
| German | Königsralle |
| Icelandic | Glæsirella |
| Japanese | オウサマクイナ |
| Norwegian | kongerikse |
| Polish | wodnik królewski |
| Russian | Королевский пастушок |
| Serbian | Kraljevski petlovan |
| Slovak | chriašteľ kráľovský |
| Spanish | Rascón Elegante |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Gallinuela de agua dulce |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Rascón Real |
| Spanish (Panama) | Rascón Real |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rascón elegante |
| Swedish | kungsrall |
| Turkish | Kral Sukılavuzu |
| Ukrainian | Пастушок королівський |
Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834
PROTONYM:
Rallus elegans
Audubon, 1834. The Birds of America; from original drawings 3 pl.203 1835Orn.Biogr. 3, p.27.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kentucky, South Carolina, Louisiana, and north to Camden, N. J. and Philadelphia = Charleston, S. C.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RALLUS
- elegans
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the King Rail in North America.
Figure 1. Approximate breeding range and principal distribution of the King Rail in North America.
