Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae) - HBW 3, p. 162
French: Râle d'Okinawa
German: Okinawaralle
Spanish: Rascón de Okinawa
Taxonomy: Rallus okinawae Yamashina and Mano, 1981, near Mt Fuenchiji, Kunigami-Gun, north Okinawa.
Forms superspecies with G. torquatus and G. insignis. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Okinawa, Ryukyu Is.
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Adult Okinawa Rail walking along trail in northern Okinawa, about 7:00 AM.
Locality Okinawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (Monotypic species)
Daniel Smith 25 May 2009 29 weeks ago 3.7
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