Woodford's rail (Hypotaenidia woodfordi) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
| Woodford's rail | |
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| Illustration by Keulemans, 1894 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | H. woodfordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypotaenidia woodfordi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1889)
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Distribution and habitat
editIt is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical swamps, rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and rural gardens.
Status and conservation
editIt is currently threatened by habitat loss and is the only surviving species of the genus Nesoclopeus. However, recent genetic evidence finds that the species is nested within Hypotaenidia, as sister taxon to the Guam rail.[2]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Hypotaenidia woodfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22727451A210640619. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ Garcia-R, Juan C.; Gibb, Gillian C.; Trewick, Steve A. (December 2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID 25255711.
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