Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Full reference: S. L. Olson and H. F. James. 1991. Descriptions of Thirty-Two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs 45:1-88
Belongs to Porzana according to S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1991
Sister taxa: Porzana albicollis, Porzana astrictocarpus, Porzana carolina, Porzana estramosi, Porzana fasciata, Porzana fluminea, Porzana keplerorum, Porzana piercei, Porzana porzana, Porzana ralphorum, Porzana rua, Porzana severnsi, Porzana spiloptera, Porzana ziegleri
Type specimen: USNM 385947, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Ilio Point, which is in a Holocene interdune horizon in Hawaii.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ilio Point
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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