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Rufirallus viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1244221

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Species
	Synonym(s):	Laterallus viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
		Anurolimnas viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
		Rallus viridis P. L. S. Müller, 1776
	Common Name(s):	Russet-crowned Crake [English]
		sanã-castanha [Portuguese]
		Râle kiolo [French]
		Polluela coronirrufa [Spanish]
		franga-d'água-de-barrete [Portuguese]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Gruiformes – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles
	Family	Rallidae – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens
	Genus	Rufirallus Bonaparte, 1856
	Species	Rufirallus viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) – Russet-crowned Crake, sanã-castanha, Râle kiolo, Polluela coronirrufa, franga-d'água-de-barrete
		Direct Children:
	Subspecies	Rufirallus viridis brunnescens (Todd, 1932)
	Subspecies	Rufirallus viridis viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6b (2022), database (version 6b)
	Acquired:	2022
	Notes:	HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6b. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6b_Jul22.zip
	Reference for:	Rufirallus viridis

	Source:	IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]
	Reference for:	Rufirallus viridis, Russet-crowned Crake [English]

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.
	Publication Date:	2013
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines
	Page(s):	l + 461
	Publisher:	Aves Press
	Publication Place:	Eastbourne, UK
	ISBN/ISSN:	9780956861108
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Rufirallus viridis, Russet-crowned Crake [English]

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	South America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:

Comments


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