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Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Woodford's rail (Hypotaenidia woodfordi) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
Woodford's rail | |
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Illustration by Keulemans, 1894 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
Species: | H. woodfordi |
Binomial name | |
Hypotaenidia woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1889) | |
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It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and rural gardens.
It is currently threatened by habitat loss and is the only surviving species of the genus Nesoclopeus. However, recent genetic evidence finds that the species is nested within Hypotaenidia, as sister taxon to the Guam rail.[2]
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