Striped crake
| Striped crake | |
|---|---|
 | |
| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aenigmatolimnas J.L. Peters, 1932 |
| Species: | A. marginalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Poliolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857) | |
The striped crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas, having formerly been included in Porzana or in the defunct genus Poliolimnas. Its precise relationships, however, are still enigmatic.
Range
It is found in Cameroon, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Vagrants have been recorded in Italy, Algeria, Morocco and Libya.
Gallery
male and chicks 
chick
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Aenigmatolimnas marginalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Image at ADW
- Striped crake - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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