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Rallicula  Schlegel, 1871
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176314

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Forest Rails [English]
  
    Forest-rails [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 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  
                            FamilySarothruridae  – Forest Rails, Wood Rails, Flufftails  
                               GenusRallicula Schlegel, 1871 – Forest Rails, Forest-rails  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Rallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887 – franga-d'água-de-forbes, Forbes's Forest Rail, sanã-do-mato-de-asas-pretas, Râle de Forbes, Polluela de Forbes, Forbes's Forest Crake 
                                  Species Rallicula leucospila (Salvadori, 1876) – franga-d'água-de-listas-brancas, White-striped Forest Rail, sanã-do-mato-de-listras-brancas, Râle vergeté, Polluela listada, White-striped Forest-rail, White-striped Forest Crake 
                                  Species Rallicula mayri E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 – franga-d'água-de-mayr, Mayr's Forest Rail, sanã-do-mato-escura, Râle de Mayr, Polluela de Mayr, Mayr's Forest Crake 
                                  Species Rallicula rubra Schlegel, 1871 – franga-d'água-ferrugínea, Chestnut Forest Rail, sanã-do-mato-castanha, Râle marron, Polluela castaña, Chestnut Forest-rail, Chestnut Forest Crake 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Rallicula    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  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: Rallicula   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallicula   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, James Lee  
  Publication Date: 1934   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 2   
  Page(s): xvii + 401   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: London, England, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallicula   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Taylor, Barry  
  Publication Date: 1988   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World   
  Page(s): 600   
  Publisher: Yale University Press   
  Publication Place: New Haven, Connecticut, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-300-07758-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Rallicula   
       

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