Rodrigues Rail
Erythromachus leguati Milne-Edwards, A 1873
The Rodrigues rail, also known as Leguat's gelinote or Leguat's rail, is an extinct species of the rail family that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It is generally kept in its own genus, Erythromachus, but has sometimes been assigned to the genus Aphanapteryx along with its close relative the red rail of Mauritius; their relationship with other rails is unclear. The Rodrigues rail was about 35 cm (14 in) long and weighed at least 500 g (18 oz). It was described as having grey plumage, a red beak, red legs, and a naked red patch around the eye. The beak was long and curved downwards. It was flightless and fed on tortoise eggs. It was described as being attracted to red objects, which humans exploited while hunting it. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Erythromachus
Scientific:
Erythromachus leguati
Original description
Citation:
Milne-Edwards, A 1873
Reference:
Biblioth. École Haut. Études Sci. Nat.
9, art.3 p.6 pl.11 fig.1 pl.12 fig.3,4
Protonym:
Erythromachus leguati
Type locality:
Rodriguez Island
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
EAA2FCBD36A604E8
Avibase ID:
avibase-EAA2FCBD
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/EAA2FCBD
Taxonomic Serial Number:
EXTINCT
English:
Rodrigues Rail
Afrikaans:
Rodriguesriethaan
Bulgarian:
Родригески дърдавец
Bengali:
যচরমগজ চঝচি
Catalan:
Rascló de l'illa Rodriguez
Czech:
chřástal Leguatův
Danish:
Rodrigues-skovrikse
German:
Rodriguesralle
Esperanto:
rodriga ralo
Spanish:
Rascón de Rodríguez
Spanish (Spain):
Rascón de Rodríguez
Estonian:
rodriguese metsruik
Finnish:
rodriguesinluhtakana
French:
Râle de Rodrigues
Croatian:
maskarenska kokošica
Hungarian:
Leguat-guvat
Italian:
Rallo di Rodrigues
Japanese:
ロドリゲスクイナ
Dutch:
Rodriguesral
Norwegian:
rodriguesrikse
Polish:
chruścielowiec rodrigueski
Portuguese:
frango-de-água-da-rodrigues
Portuguese (Portugal):
frango-d'água-de-rodrigues
Russian:
Родригесский пастушок
Slovak:
chriašteľ rodrigueský
Serbian:
Sivi petlovan sa ostrva Rodrigez
Swedish:
rodriguesrall
Turkish:
Rodrigez kılavuzu
Ukrainian:
Пастушок родригійський
Chinese:
罗德里格斯秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
羅德里圭斯秧雞
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Avilist 2025: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Rodrigues Rail ( Aphanapteryx leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2021: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2022: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2023: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2024: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2025: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Clements, version 2019: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2019: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2021: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2022: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2023: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2024: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| eBird version 2025: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Rodrigues Rail ( Erythromachus leguati) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Erythromachus leguati |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: fossil species (extinct)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bengali: যচরমগজ চঝচি
Bengali (transliteration): raḍrigēja jhilli
Catalan: Rascló de l'illa Rodriguez
Czech: chřástal Leguatův
Danish: Rodrigues-skovrikse
German: Leguats Sumpfhuhn, Rodriguesralle, Rodrigues-Ralle
English: Leguat's Gelinote, Rodrigues Rail, Rodrigues Red Rail, Rodriguez rail, Rodriques Blue Rail, Rodriquez rail
English, HBW: Rodrigues Rail
English (IOC): Rodrigues Rail
English (United States): Rodrigues Rail
Esperanto: Leguata afanapterigo, Leguat-afanapterigo, rodriga ralo, Rodriguez-ralo
Spanish: Rascón de Rodríguez
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Rodríguez
Estonian: rodriguese metsruik, rodrigueze metsruik
Finnish: Rodriguesinluhtakana
French: Râle de Rodrigues
Croatian: maskarenska kokošica
Hungarian: Leguat-guvat
Italian: Rallo di Rodrigues
Japanese: ロドリゲスクイナ
Scientific: Aphanapteryx leguati, Didus Herbertii, Erythromachus leguati
Dutch: Rodriguesral
Norwegian: rodriguesrikse
Polish: chruscielowiec rodrigueski, chruścielowiec rodrigueski
Portuguese: frango-de-água-da-rodrigues
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-de-rodrigues
Russian: Родригесский пастушок
Slovak: chriašteľ rodrigueský
Serbian: Sivi petlovan sa ostrva Rodrigez
Swedish: Rodriguesrall
Turkish: Rodrigez kılavuzu
Ukrainian: Пастушок родригійський
Chinese: 罗德里格斯秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 羅德里圭斯秧雞
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