Coturnicops

Coturnicops
Coturnicops noveboracensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Coturnicops
G.R. Gray, 1855

Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family. It contains the following species:[1]

Species

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Swinhoe's railCoturnicops exquisitusManchuria and southeastern Siberia.
Yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensisCanada east of the Rockies; also the northeastern United States
Speckled crakeCoturnicops notatusArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela

References

  1. "ITIS Report: Coturnicops". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 May 2010.


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