Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

San Cristobal Moorhen (Gallinula silvestris) - HBW 3, p. 199

French: Gallinule d'Édith German: Blaustirn-Pfuhlhuhn Spanish: Gallineta de San Cristóbal
Other common names: Mountain Rail

Taxonomy: Edithornis silvestris Mayr, 1933, San Cristobal Island.
Sometimes placed in genus Pareudiastes, with extinct Samoan Moorhen (G. pacifica), on basis of construction of bill, skull and tarsus, and plumage pattern. Monotypic.

Distribution: San Cristobal, Solomon Is.