Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: White-throated Rail

White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri

Described by: Pucheran (1845)
Alternate common name(s): Cuvier's Rail, Aldabra Rail
Old scientific name(s): Canirallus cuvieri

Photographs

near Andasibe, Madagascar - Dec, 2006 © Jean-Michel Fenerole  Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles - Date unknown © Richard White  Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles - Date unknown © Richard White  Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles - Date unknown © Richard White 
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Range

Madagascar and satallite is.;
(1) Aldabra Is.
(2) Madagascar and Mauritius Is.
(3) Formerly on Assumption Is. and possibly Mauritius.

Videos

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Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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