Cabalus

Genus of birds

Cabalus
New Caledonian rail, Cabalus lafresnayanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Cabalus
Hutton, 1874
Species

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Cabalus is a Oceanian genus of birds in the family Rallidae.[1] Both species in the genus were previously considered part of the genus Gallirallus.

Species

It contains two species, one extinct and another possibly so:

  • New Caledonian rail, Cabalus lafresnayanus - possibly extinct
  • †Chatham rail, Cabalus modestus - extinct

References

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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Genera of Gruiformes
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Infraclass: Neognathae
  • Clade: Neoaves
  • Order: Gruiformes
incertae sedis
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  • Bumbaniralla
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Ralli
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Ralli
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Aptornithidae
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Rallinae
Gallinulinae
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Porphyrioninae
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Taxon identifiers
Cabalus


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