Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Synonyms: Hypotaenidia Reichenbach 1853, Ocydromus Wagler 1830, Tricholimnas Sharpe 1893
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Brodkorb 1967, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Meijer et al. 2013, Olson 1977, Worthy 1997, Worthy and Burley 2019 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulica, Fulicaletornis, Fulicinae, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Hapalocrex, Himantornithinae, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Ludiortyx, Megagallinula, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Montirallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pediorallus, Pleistorallus, Porphyrio, Porzana, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis, Zapornia
Subtaxa: Gallirallus astolfoi Gallirallus australis Gallirallus dieffenbachii Gallirallus epulare Gallirallus gracilitibia Gallirallus huiatua Gallirallus insignis Gallirallus lafresnayanus Gallirallus minor Gallirallus modestus Gallirallus okinawae Gallirallus owstoni Gallirallus philippensis Gallirallus ripleyi Gallirallus roletti Gallirallus storrsolsoni Gallirallus vekamatolu Hypotaenidia insignis Hypotaenidia okinawae Hypotaenidia torquata Hypotaenidia vavauensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), Cook Islands (6), French Polynesia (9), Guam (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (4), New Caledonia (9), New Zealand (39), Niue (7), Norfolk Island (4), Northern Mariana Islands (11), Papua New Guinea (4), Solomon Islands (2), Tonga (19), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 123 collections including 132 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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