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

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Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail

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

Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.701

Protonym:
Fulica noveboracensis

Type locality:
New York.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/202/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
33CB031DFAC093EC

Avibase ID:
avibase-33CB031D

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

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176259

Geographic range:

Coturnicops exquisitus: Siberia and northern Manchuria; winters to southern China and Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan)
Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis: disjunct in marshes of Canada and northern USA; winters to southern USA
Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani: known only from marshes near Río Lerma (central Mexico); possibly extinct (not reported since the early 1960s)

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. 2023 (May 2023): Yellow or Swinhoe's Rail ( Coturnicops [noveboracensis or exquisitus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): 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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