Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus] (Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail)

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Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail

Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus] (= Coturnicops noveboracensis) (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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Classification

Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Coturnicops
Scientific:
  Coturnicops noveboracensis

Original description

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Reference:
Syst.Nat. p.701

Protonym:
Fulica noveboracensis

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656194

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
33CB031DFAC093EC

Avibase ID:
avibase-33CB031D

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/33CB031D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176259

Geographic range:

Coturnicops exquisitus: Siberia and n Manchuria; winters to s China and Ryukyu Is.
Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis: Disjunct in marshes of Canada and n US; winters to s US
Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani: known only from marshes near Río Lerma (central Mexico); possibly extinct (not reported since the early 1960s)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail
French:
Râle jaune ou R. de Swinhoe

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail ( Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail ( Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail ( Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

English: Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail
French: Râle jaune, Râle jaune ou R. de Swinhoe
Scientific: Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus], Coturnicops noveboracensis, Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis, Fulica noveboracensis