Gallinula peralta De Vis 1892 (moorhen)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6:437-456

Belongs to Gallinula according to P. Brodkorb 1967

See also Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Gallinula balcanica, Gallinula chloropus, Gallinula gigantea, Gallinula hodgenorum, Gallinula kansarum, Gallinula strenuipes, Gallinula tenebrosa

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gallinula peralta in the database

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