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OverviewAI-generated
Rallus is a genus of birds within the family Rallidae. It belongs to the order Gruiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and holds an accepted status. Its habitats include brackish and freshwater environments.
Records of this genus are held by institutions such as USNM, YPM, LSUMZ, and NHMUK. Specimens have been documented in Bermuda, the United States, and France. The genus is also described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Water Rail
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGruiformes
- FamilyRallidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 367
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Rallidae
- Collections
- USNM, YPM, LSUMZ, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Bermuda, United States, France
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Rallus
- Commons category
- Rallus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rallus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons gallery
- Rallus
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