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Laysan Rail Zapornia palmeri Scientific name definitions

Storrs L. Olson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999

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Figure 1. Former distribution of Laysan Rail endemic to Laysan Island - Range Map
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Figure 1. Former distribution of Laysan Rail endemic to Laysan Island

Former distribution of Laysan Rail endemic to Laysan I. and successfully introduced to Midway Atoll. Approximate former distribution of Hawaiian Rail on leeward side of Hawai‘i I. (shaded), so far as is known from archaeological and paleontological sites, incorporating the probable source area of the 2 mounted specimens referred to P. s. sandwichesis; and the distribution of P. s. millsi on the windward side (hatched) as reconstructed from historical accounts.

Recommended Citation

Olson, S. L. (2020). Laysan Rail (Zapornia palmeri), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.layrai.01
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