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Woodford's Rail

Gallirallus woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1889)

Woodford's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Gallirallus
Scientific:
  Gallirallus woodfordi


Original description

Citation:
  (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1889)

Reference:
   Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser.6, vol.4, no.22 p.320

Protonym:
  Rallina Woodfordi

Type locality:
  Aola, Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53340#page/334/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1E0886D6BA04FE92

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1E0886D6

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1E0886D6


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 707956

Geographic range:

  • Gallirallus woodfordi: Solomon Islands
  • Gallirallus woodfordi woodfordi: Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)
  • Gallirallus woodfordi immaculatus: locally on Santa Isabel (east-central Solomon Islands)
  • Gallirallus woodfordi tertius: Bougainville (northwestern Solomon Islands)
English:
Woodford's Rail
Catalan:
Rascló de l'illa Santa Isabel
Czech:
chřástal Woodfordův
Danish:
Salomonrikse
German:
Salomonenralle
Spanish:
Rascón de Guadalcanal
Spanish (Spain):
Rascón de Guadalcanal
Finnish:
guadalcanalinluhtakana
French:
Râle de Woodford
Croatian:
crnotrba kokošica
Hungarian:
salamon-szigeteki csíkosszárnyú guvat
Italian:
Rallo di Woodford
Japanese (romaji):
uddofo-dokuina
Japanese:
ウッドフォードクイナ
Lithuanian:
saliamoninė vištelė
Dutch:
Woodfords Ral
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Salomonrikse
Norwegian:
Salomonrikse
Polish:
weczka czarnodzioba
Portuguese:
Sanã-das-salomão
Portuguese (Portugal):
frango-d'água-de-woodford
Russian:
Соломонский трескун
Slovak:
chriašteľ tmavozobý
Serbian:
Vudfordov barski petlić
Swedish:
salomonrall
Ukrainian:
Пастушок соломонський
Chinese:
乌氏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
所羅門秧雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Râle de Woodford ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Woodford's Rail ( Gallirallus woodfordi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
Woodford's Rail ( Hypotaenidia woodfordi) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Nesoclopeus woodfordi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Nesoclopeus woodfordi [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Nesoclopeus woodfordi [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Woodford's Rail ( Nesoclopeus woodfordi) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Nesoclopeus woodfordi [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Gallirallus [poecilopterus or woodfordi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: িঈডমপামডিয চঝচি
Bengali (transliteration): uḍaphōrḍēra jhilli
Catalan: Rascló de l'illa Santa Isabel
Czech: chřástal proužkokřídlý, chřástal Woodfordův
Danish: Salomonrikse
German: Guadalcanalralle, Salamonenralle, Salomonenralle, Salomonen-Ralle
English: Bar-winged Rail, Cuadacanal bar-winged rail, Solomons Rail, Woodford's Rail
English, HBW: Guadalcanal/Santa Isabel/Bougainville Rail
English (IOC): Woodford's Rail
English (United States): Woodford's Rail
Esperanto: Vudforda nesoklopeo, Woodford-nesoklopeo
Spanish: Rascón de Guadalcanal, Rascón de las Salamón, Rascón de las Salomón
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Guadalcanal
Spanish (HBW): Woodford's Rail
Estonian: saareruik, tumeruik
Finnish: guadalcanalinluhtakana, viiruluhtakana
French: Râle de Woodford
Croatian: crnotrba kokošica
Hungarian: salamon-szigeteki csíkosszárnyú guvat
Italian: Rallo di Woodford
Japanese (romaji): uddofo-dokuina, uddohoadokuina
Japanese: ウッドフォードクイナ, ウッドホアドクイナ
Scientific: Gallirallus woodfordi, Hypotaenidia poeciloptera, Hypotaenidia woodfordi, Hypotaenidia woodfordi woodfordi, Nesoclopeus poecilopterus, Nesoclopeus poecilopterus woodfordi, Nesoclopeus woodfordi, Rallina poeciloptera, Rallina Woodfordi
Lithuanian: saliamoninė vištelė, Vudfordo margasparnė vištelė
Dutch: Woodfordral, Woodfords Ral
Norwegian Nynorsk: Salomonrikse
Norwegian: Salomonrikse
Polish: weczka czarnodzioba, Weczka żółtodzioba, wodnik smolisty
Portuguese: Sanã-das-salomão
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-de-woodford
Russian: Соломонский пастушок, Соломонский трескун
Slovak: chriašteľ tmavozobý
Serbian: Vudfordov barski petlić
Swedish: salomonrall, Woodfords rall
Turkish: Karaca Yelve
Ukrainian: Пастушок соломонський
Chinese: 乌氏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 所羅門秧雞

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