Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 (water rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Rallus according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018

See also Brodkorb 1967, Clements et al. 2017, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Rallus adolfocaesaris, Rallus carvaoensis, Rallus cyanocavi, Rallus elegans, Rallus ibycus, Rallus limicola, Rallus longirostris, Rallus lowei, Rallus minutus, Rallus montivagorum, Rallus natator, Rallus phillipsi, Rallus prenticei, Rallus recessus, Rallus richmondi, Rallus virginianus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Spain (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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