White-throated Rail

White-throated Rail
White-throated Rail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Dryolimnas
Species: D. cuvieri
Binomial name
Dryolimnas cuvieri
(Pucheran, 1845)

The White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) or Cuvier's Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. A flightless subspecies, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus (Aldabra Rail), inhabits Aldabra, while another, D. c. abbotti (Assumption Rail), from Assumption went extinct in the early 20th century due to introduced predators.

It is now the last living member or the genus Dryolimnas and believed to be the last flightless bird in the Indian Ocean[1]. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

References

  1. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9348334.stm

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