Lord Howe Rail Gallirallus sylvestris Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Barry Taylor and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 3, 2016
Text last updated June 3, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rascló de l'illa de Lord Howe |
| Czech | chřástal lesní |
| Dutch | Lord-Howeral |
| English | Lord Howe Rail |
| English (Australia) | Lord Howe Woodhen |
| English (United States) | Lord Howe Rail |
| French | Râle sylvestre |
| French (France) | Râle sylvestre |
| German | Lord-Howe-Ralle |
| Icelandic | Skógrella |
| Japanese | ロードハウクイナ |
| Norwegian | moserikse |
| Polish | wodnik brunatny |
| Russian | Лесной трескун |
| Serbian | Barski petlić sa ostrva Lord Hau |
| Slovak | chriašteľ lesný |
| Spanish | Rascón de Lord Howe |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rascón de Lord Howe |
| Swedish | lordhowerall |
| Turkish | Lord Howe Adası Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Пастушок лісовий |
Gallirallus sylvestris (Sclater, 1870)
PROTONYM:
Ocydromus sylvestris
Sclater, 1870. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, Part 3, p.472 pl.35.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Lord Howe Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLIRALLUS
- sylvestris
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lord Howe Rail
