King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail
Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus] (= Rallus elegans) Audubon, JJ 1834
The king rail is a waterbird, the largest North American rail. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Rallus
Scientific:
Rallus elegans
Original description
Citation:
Audubon, JJ 1834
Reference:
Birds Amer.
3, no.41 pl.203
Imprint year:
1835
Protonym:
Rallus elegans
Type locality:
Kentucky, South Carolina, Louisiana, and north to Camden, N. J. and Philadelphia = Charleston, S. C.
Link:
https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll33/id/210/
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
B639E81F81DE9C9E
Avibase ID:
avibase-B639E81F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/B639E81F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176207
King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail
French:
Râle élégant, R. du Mexique ou R. de Californie
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus]) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Rallus elegans |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Rallus elegans |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Rallus elegans |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, wetmorei, elegans or tenuirostris]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Rascló elegant
Czech: chřástal královský
Danish: Kongerikse
German: Königsralle
English: King, Mexican or Ridgway's Rail
Esperanto: Eleganta ralo
Spanish: Rascón Elegante
Spanish (Cuba): Gallinuela de Agua Dulce
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón real
Estonian: suur-klaperruik
Finnish: ruosteluhtakana
French: Râle élégant, Râle élégant, R. du Mexique ou R. de Californie
Hungarian: királyguvat
Italian: Rallo re
Japanese (romaji): ousamakuina
Japanese: オウサマクイナ
Scientific: Rallus [elegans, tenuirostris or obsoletus], Rallus elegans, Rallus elegans elegans
Lithuanian: Karališkoji vandeninė vištelė
Dutch: Koningsral
Norwegian: Kongerikse
Polish: wodnik królewski
Portuguese: Saracura-real
Russian: Королевский пастушок
Slovak: chriašteľ kráľovský
Swedish: Kungsrall
Ukrainian: Пастушок королівський
Chinese: 王秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 王秧雞
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