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Madagascar forest rail

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Madagascar wood rail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 forest rail (Mentocrex kioloides), also known as the Madagascar wood rail or 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 forest 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 forest 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 forest rails. The forest rails were therefore moved to the resurrected genus Mentocrex.[3][4]

References

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  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. 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.; 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. hdl:2440/119533.
  4. ^ 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.