Nkulengu rail [SEP] parent taxon
Nkulengu rail
The Nkulengu rail ("Himantornis haematopus") is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Himantornis.
For long, this singular rail was considered a member of a distinct subfamily Himantornithinae. This was based on the assumption that it was a sort of "living fossil", as it resembles other Gruiformes rather than other rails in many traits. But as it seems, the supposed plesiomorphies are actually atavistic or otherwise re-evolved traits in reaction to its African rainforest
- White-winged flufftail
- Slender-billed flufftail
Gruiformes (rails, coots, cranes, and allies) Heliornithidae (finfoots).
- African finfoot
- Masked finfoot
- Sungrebe
Gruiformes (rails, coots, cranes, and allies) Rallidae (coots, crakes, and rails).
- Nkulengu rail
- Swinhoe's rail
- Yellow rail
- Speckled rail
- Ocellated crake
- Chestnut forest rail
- White-striped forest rail
- Forbes's forest rail
- Mayr