Woodford's rail

Woodford's rail
Illustration by Keulemans, 1894
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Species:
G. woodfordi
Binomial name
Gallirallus woodfordi
Synonyms
  • Nesoclopeus woodfordi
  • Hypotaenidia woodfordi
  • Rallina woodfordi
  • Eulabeornis woodfordi

Woodford's rail (Gallirallus woodfordi), also known as the Guadalcanal rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

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