Roviana rail

The Roviana rail (Hypotaenidia rovianae) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Western Province (Solomon Islands).[2]

Roviana rail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Hypotaenidia
Species:
H. rovianae
Binomial name
Hypotaenidia rovianae
Diamond, 1991
Synonyms

Hypotaenidia rovianae (Diamond, 1991)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations .

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hypotaenidia rovianae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692438A93353749.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Diamond, Jared (1991). "A new species of rail from the Solomon Islands and convergent evolution of insular flightlessness" (PDF). The Auk. 108 (3): 461–470. doi:10.2307/4088088. JSTOR 4088088.


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