Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Parent taxon: Rallidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Amaurornis, Aphanocrex, Aramides, Atlantisia, Australlus, Capellirallus, Coturnicops, Crex, Cyanolimnas, Dryolimnas, Eocrex, Erythromachus, Fulica, Fulicaletornis, Fulicinae, Gallinula, Gallinulinae, Gallirallus, Hapalocrex, Himantornithinae, Hovacrex, Ibidopsis, Laterallus, Latipons, Lewinia, Ludiortyx, Megagallinula, Microtribonyx, Miofulica, Miorallus, Montirallus, Mundia, Nesoclopeus, Nesolimnas, Nesotrochis, Palaeoaramides, Palaeorallus, Paraortygometra, Pardirallus, Parvirallus, Pediorallus, Pleistorallus, Porphyrio, Porzana, Quercyrallus, Rallicrex, Rallina, Rallinae, Rallus, Sarothrurinae, Tribonyx, Vitirallus, Wanshuina, Youngornis
Subtaxa: Zapornia atra Zapornia flavirostra Zapornia fusca Zapornia parva Zapornia pusilla Zapornia sandwichensis Zapornia tabuensis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cook Islands (8 collections), East Timor (1), Egypt (1), French Polynesia (2), Japan (2), New Caledonia (4), Niue (8), Papua New Guinea (1), Pitcairn (10), Tonga (2), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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