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Red Rail
Aphanapteryx bonasia (de Sélys Longchamps, ME 1848)
The red rail is an extinct species of flightless rail. It was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It had a close relative on Rodrigues island, the likewise extinct Rodrigues rail, with which it is sometimes considered congeneric. Its relationship with other rails is unclear. Rails often evolve flightlessness when adapting to isolated islands, free of mammalian predators. The red rail was a little larger than a chicken and had reddish, hairlike plumage, with dark legs and a long, curved beak. The wings were small, and its legs were slender for a bird of its size. It was similar to the Rodrigues rail, but was larger, and had proportionally shorter wings. It has been compared to a kiwi or a limpkin in appearance and behaviour. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Aphanapteryx
Scientific:
Aphanapteryx bonasia
Original description
Citation:
(de Sélys Longchamps, ME 1848)
Reference:
Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne
11 p.294
Protonym:
Apterornis bonasia
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366744
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3DC77A87D491169C
Avibase ID:
avibase-3DC77A87
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3DC77A87
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
Geographic range:
- Aphanapteryx bonasia: Extinct. Formerly occurred on Mauritius
Source: Clements checklist
Red Rail
Catalan:
Rascló rogenc
Czech:
chřástal rezavý
Danish:
Mauritiusskovrikse
German:
Mauritiusralle
Spanish:
Rascón Rojo
Spanish (Spain):
Rascón rojo
Finnish:
mauritiuksenluhtakana
French:
Râle de Maurice
Croatian:
mauricijska kokošica
Hungarian:
mauritiusi vörös guvat
Italian:
Rallo rosso
Japanese:
モーリシャスクイナ
Dutch:
Rode Ral
Norwegian:
mauritiusrikse
Polish:
chruścielowiec rdzawy
Portuguese:
Galinhola-vermelha-das-maurícias
Portuguese (Portugal):
frango-d'água-vermelho
Russian:
Маврикийский пастушок
Slovak:
chriašteľ červený
Serbian:
Crveni petlovan sa Mauricijusa (izumro)
Swedish:
rödrall
Ukrainian:
Пастушок іржастий
Chinese:
红秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
紅秧雞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Clements, version 2021: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Clements, version 2022: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Clements, version 2023: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Clements, version 2019: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| eBird version 2019: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| eBird version 2021: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| eBird version 2022: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| eBird version 2023: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Red Rail ( Aphanapteryx bonasia) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aphanapteryx bonasia |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: fossil species (extinct)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: রার চঝচি
Bengali (transliteration): lāla jhilli
Catalan: Rascló rogenc
Czech: chřástal rezavý
Danish: Mauritiusskovrikse
German: Mauritiusralle, Mauritius-Ralle
English: Mauritius Rail, Mauritius Red Hen, Mauritius Red Rail, Red Rail, Van den Broecke's Red Hen, Van den Broecke's Red Rail
English, HBW: Red Rail
English (IOC): Red Rail
English (United States): Red Rail
Esperanto: Bonazia afanapterigo, Bonazia ralo
Spanish: Rascón Rojo
Spanish (Spain): Rascón rojo
Estonian: mauritiuse metsruik
Finnish: Mauritiuksenhuitti, mauritiuksenluhtakana
French: Râle de Maurice
Croatian: mauricijska kokošica
Hungarian: mauritiusi vörös guvat
Italian: Rallo rosso
Japanese: モーリシャスクイナ
Scientific: Aphanapteryx bonasia, Aphanapteryx imperialis, Apterornis bonasia, Didus broeckii, Didus herberti, Didus herbertii, Kuina mundyi, Pezocrex herberti, Pezophaps broeckii
Dutch: Rode Ral
Norwegian: mauritiusrikse
Polish: chruscielowiec rdzawy, chruścielowiec rdzawy
Portuguese: Galinhola-vermelha-das-maurícias
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-vermelho
Russian: Маврикийский пастушок
Slovak: chriašteľ červený
Serbian: Crveni petlovan sa Mauricijusa (izumro)
Swedish: Röd mauritiusrall, rödrall
Turkish: Morityus kılavuzu
Ukrainian: Пастушок іржастий
Chinese: 红秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 紅秧雞
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