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Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rascló de l'illa de Wake |
| Czech | chřástal wakeský |
| Dutch | Wakeral |
| English | Wake Island Rail |
| English (United States) | Wake Island Rail |
| French | Râle de Wake |
| French (France) | Râle de Wake |
| German | Wakeralle |
| Icelandic | Vökurella |
| Japanese | ウェーククイナ |
| Norwegian | wakerikse |
| Polish | wodnik mikronezyjski |
| Russian | Уэйкский трескун |
| Serbian | Petlovan sa ostrva Vejk (izumro) |
| Slovak | chriašteľ bledý |
| Spanish | Rascón de la Wake |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rascón de la Wake |
| Swedish | wakerall |
| Turkish | Wake Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Пастушок вакійський |
Gallirallus wakensis (Rothschild, 1903)
PROTONYM:
Hypotaenidia wakensis
Rothschild, 1903. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13, p.78.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Wake Island, lat. 19° N., long. 167° E., Pacific Ocean.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GALLIRALLUS
- wakensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Wake Island Rail
