Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus Taczanowski, 1886
Peruvian rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1886
IUCN RedList status: "probably extinct"
Distribution
Peru (exact location unknown)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from a single specimen.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Taczanowski, Wladyslaw. (1886). [description of Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus]. Ornithologie du Pérou 3: 313.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2014). Species factsheet: Rallus semiplumbeus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/04/2014.
del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 1996. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
Fjeldså, J. (1990). Systematic relations of an assembly of allopatric rails from western South America (Aves: Rallidae). Steenstrupia 16: 109-116.
Fjeldså, J. and Krabbe, N. (1990). Birds of the high Andes. Apollo Books, Copenhagen.
Taylor, P. B. (1996). Family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules and Coots), pp. 108-209. In Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and J. Sargatal eds). Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions.