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Hawaiian Rail Zapornia sandwichensis Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
Storrs L. Olson
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rasclet de les Hawaii |
| Czech | chřástal havajský |
| Dutch | Hawaïral |
| English | Hawaiian Rail |
| English (HAW) | Moho ʻea - Hawaiian Rail |
| English (United States) | Hawaiian Rail |
| French | Marouette des Hawaï |
| French (France) | Marouette des Hawaï |
| German | Hawaiisumpfhuhn |
| Icelandic | Rjóðurrella |
| Japanese | ハワイクイナ |
| Norwegian | hawaiirikse |
| Polish | kureczka hawajska |
| Russian | Гавайский погоныш |
| Serbian | Havajski barski petlić (izumro) |
| Slovak | chriašť moho |
| Spanish | Polluela Hawaiana |
| Spanish (Spain) | Polluela hawaiana |
| Swedish | hawaiisumphöna |
| Turkish | Hawaii Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Погонич гавайський |
Zapornia sandwichensis (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Rallus Sandwichensis
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.717.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Hawaiian Islands, based on the Sandwich Rail of Latham.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ZAPORNIA
- zapornia
- sandvicensis / sandvichensis / sandwicensis / sandwichensis
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)
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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.
