Tsingy Wood Rail

Tsingy Rail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Canirallus
Species:	C. beankaensis
Binomial name
Canirallus beankaensis Goodman, Raherilalao & Block, 2011
Synonyms
Mentocrex beankaensis

The Tsingy Wood Rail (Canirallus beankaensis) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family that only was scientifically described in 2011. It is endemic to areas with dry deciduous forest and limestone karst in the lowlands of west-central Madagascar. It is larger than the Madagascar Wood Rail, and also differs in the colour of the throat, moustachial stripe and region near the eyes.

References

• Goodman, Raherilalao & Block (2011). Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in the Mentocrex kioloides complex (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Madagascar, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2776: 49–60.

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