New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Subspecies (2)
Barry Taylor and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 30, 2017
Text last updated December 30, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rascló àpter |
| Czech | chřástal mangrovový |
| Dutch | Kasuarisral |
| English | New Guinea Flightless Rail |
| English (United States) | New Guinea Flightless Rail |
| French | Râle géant |
| French (France) | Râle géant |
| German | Baumralle |
| Indonesian | Mandar kasuari |
| Japanese | パプアクイナ |
| Norwegian | storfotrikse |
| Polish | kusowodnik |
| Russian | Новогвинейский погоныш |
| Serbian | Novogvinejski petlovan neletač |
| Slovak | nohaňa nelietavá |
| Spanish | Rascón Inepto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rascón inepto |
| Swedish | storfotsrall |
| Turkish | Büyük Papua Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Пастушок новогвінейський |
Megacrex inepta d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
PROTONYM:
Megacrex inepta
d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 14, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fly River, New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEGACREX
- inepta / ineptus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 New Guinea Flightless Rail
