Tsingy forest rail
| Tsingy wood rail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Sarothruridae |
| Genus: | Mentocrex |
| Species: | M. beankaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Mentocrex beankaensis Goodman, Raherilalao & Block, 2011
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| Synonyms | |
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Canirallus beankaensis | |
The Tsingy wood rail (Mentocrex beankaensis) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae that was scientifically described in 2011.[2]
It is endemic to areas with dry deciduous forest and limestone karst in the lowlands of west-central Madagascar. It is larger than the Madagascan wood rail, and also differs in the colour of the throat, moustachial stripe and region near the eyes.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Canirallus together with Madagascan wood rail and the grey-throated rail (Canirallus oculeus). A molecular genetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-throated rail is not closely related to the wood rails. The wood rails were therefore moved to the resurrected genus Mentocrex.[3][4]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2013). "Canirallus beankaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Goodman, S.M.; Raherilalao (2011). "Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa (2776): 49–60.
- ^ Boast, A.P.; et al. (2019). "Mitochondrial genomes from New Zealand's extinct adzebills (Aves: Aptornithidae: Aptornis) support a sister-taxon relationship with the Afro-Madagascan Sarothruridae". Diversity. 11 (24): 1–21. doi:10.3390/d11020024.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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