Slaty-breasted rail

The slaty-breasted rail (Lewinia striata) is a rail species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.[1] Breeding has been recorded in July near Dehradun in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.[2] Despite traditionally being considered part of Gallirallus, recent genetic studies have consistently placed it in the genus Lewinia,[3][4] which is now formally recognised by the IUCN and IOC.[1]

Slaty-breasted rail
Slaty-breasted rail in Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Lewinia
Species:
L. striata
Binomial name
Lewinia striata
(Linnaeus, 1766)
     approximate range
Synonyms
  • Rallus striatus Linnaeus, 1766

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lewinia striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692463A93354724. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Kumar P. & Kumar R.S. (2009). "Record of Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus breeding in Dehradun, India". Indian Birds. 5 (1): 21–22.
  3. Garcia-R, J. C.; Gibb, G. C. & Trewick, S. A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID 25255711.
  4. Chen, P.; Huan, Z.; Zhu, C.; Han, Y.; Xu, Z.; Sun, G.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, D.; Ge, G. & Ruan, L. (2020). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Phylogenetic Analysis of Gruiformes and Charadriiformes". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52 (2): 425–439. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20190603010623.


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