Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 (water rail)

Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Rallus according to D. Michailidis et al. 2018

See also Brodkorb 1967, Clements et al. 2017, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Rallus cyanocavi, Rallus elegans, Rallus ibycus, Rallus limicola, Rallus longirostris, Rallus natator, Rallus phillipsi, Rallus prenticei, Rallus recessus, Rallus richmondi, Rallus sumiderensis, Rallus virginianus

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Jordan (1), Spain (2)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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