Madagascan wood rail [SEP] parent taxon
Madagascan wood rail
The Madagascan wood rail ("Mentocrex kioloides"), also known as the kioloides rail, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is endemic to forests, often in wet areas, in northern and eastern Madagascar.
This species was formerly placed in the genus "Canirallus" together with Tsingy wood rail and the grey-throated rail. A molecular genetic study published in 2019 found that the grey-throated rail is not closely related to the wood rails. The wood rails were
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- Kagu
Eurypygiformes (kagu and sunbittern) Eurypygidae (sunbittern).
- Sunbittern
Gruiformes (rails, coots, cranes, and allies).
Gruiformes (rails, coots, cranes, and allies) Sarothruridae (flufftails).
- Grey-throated rail
- Madagascan wood rail
- Tsingy wood rail
- White-spotted flufftail
- Buff-spotted flufftail
- Red-chested flufftail
- Chestnut-headed flufftail
- Streaky-breasted flufftail
- Striped flufftail
- Madagascan flufftail