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Ridgway's Rail
Rallus obsoletus Ridgway, 1874
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Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Rallus
Scientific:
Rallus obsoletus
Citation:
Ridgway, 1874
Reference:
Am.Nat. 8 p.111
Protonym:
Rallus elegans obsoletus
Avibase ID:
4185F617A3112CFA
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4185F617
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176210
NEAR THREATENED
Geographic range:
- Rallus obsoletus obsoletus: N California (Humboldt Bay to Monterey Bay)
- Rallus obsoletus levipes: S Calif. (Santa Barbara) to Baja Calif. (Scammon's Lagoon)
- Rallus obsoletus [yumanensis, rhizophorae or nayaritensis]: Salton Sea and Colorado River basin to w Mexico (Nayarit)
- Rallus obsoletus beldingi: W Mexico (s Baja from Magdalena Bay to Espírito Santo I.)
Source: Clements checklist
Ridgway's Rail
German:
Ridgwayralle
Spanish:
Rascón de Ridgway
French:
Râle de Californie
Italian:
Rallo di Ridgway
Japanese:
nishionikuina
Japanese:
ニシオニクイナ
Dutch:
Californische Ral
Norwegian:
spartinarikse
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Spartinarikse
Polish:
wodnik kalifornijski
Slovak:
chriašteľ kalifornský
Swedish:
ridgwayrall
Chinese:
里氏秧鸡
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): California Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus obsoletus) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
Catalan: Rascló de Ridgway
German: Ridgwayralle
English: California Clapper Rail, Ridgway's Rail
English (IOC): Ridgway's Rail
Spanish: Rascón Costero del Pacífico, Rascón de Ridgway
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Ridgway
Spanish (HBW): Ridgway's Rail
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón Costero del Pacífico
French: Râle de Californie, Râle de Ridgway
Italian: Rallo di Ridgway
Japanese: nishionikuina
Japanese: ニシオニクイナ
Scientific: Rallus longirostris obsoletus, Rallus obsoletus, Rallus obsoletus obsoletus
Dutch: Californische Ral
Norwegian Nynorsk: Spartinarikse
Norwegian: spartinarikse
Polish: wodnik kalifornijski
Slovak: chriašteľ kalifornský
Serbian: Ridžvejev petlovan
Swedish: ridgwayrall
Chinese: 里氏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 李積維秧雞
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