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    Madagascar wood rail

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Species of bird

    Madagascar wood rail
    Canirallus kioloides 1868.jpg
    Scientific classification edit
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Aves
    Order: Gruiformes
    Family: Sarothruridae
    Genus: Mentocrex
    Species:
    M. kioloides
    Binomial name
    Mentocrex kioloides
    (Pucheran, 1845)
    Synonyms

    Canirallus kioloides

    The Madagascar wood rail (Mentocrex kioloides), also known as the kioloides rail, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is endemic to forests, often in wet areas, in northern and eastern Madagascar . The Madagascar wood rail is a secretive and shy species, often showing elusive behavior, such as running away from the slightest disturbances. This has contributed to a lack of study on this species; a reason why it is not that well known.[2]

    This species was formerly placed in the genus Canirallus together with Tsingy wood rail and the grey-throated rail. 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

    1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Mentocrex kioloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22692264A93345143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692264A93345143.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22692264/93345143. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
    2. ↑ Block, Nicholas; Goodman, Steven; Raherilalao, Marie (2011). "Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species". Zootaxa 2776 (1): 49. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2776.1.3. 
    3. ↑ Boast, A.P. (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. 
    4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flufftails/. 

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