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Rallus wetmorei  J. T. Zimmer & W. H. Phelps, 1944
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176238

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): frango-d'água-de-flancos-lisos [Portuguese]
  
    saracura-de-flancos-lisos [Portuguese]
  
    Râle de Wetmore [French]
  
    Rascón de Wetmore [Spanish]
  
    Plain-flanked Rail [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
                               GenusRallus Linnaeus, 1758 – Greater Rails  
                                  SpeciesRallus wetmorei J. T. Zimmer & W. H. Phelps, 1944 – frango-d'água-de-flancos-lisos, saracura-de-flancos-lisos, Râle de Wetmore, Rascón de Wetmore, Plain-flanked Rail  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Rallus wetmorei    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Rallus wetmorei   
       
  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: Rallus wetmorei   
       
  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: Rallus wetmorei, Plain-flanked Rail [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallus wetmorei   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04, website (version 04-Jul-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Rallus wetmorei   
       
  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: Rallus wetmorei, Plain-flanked Rail [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Rallus wetmorei, Plain-flanked Rail [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

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