Mustelirallus

Mustelirallus albicollis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gruiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Gruiformes

Familia: Rallidae
Genus: Mustelirallus
Species: M. albicollis – M. erythrops – M. cerverai – M. colombianus

Name

Mustelirallus Bonaparte, 1856

• Typus: Rallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819 = Mustelirallus albicollis

Synonymy

• Neocrex P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869
• Cyanolimnas Barbour & Peters, 1927

References

Primary references

• Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Excursion dans les divers Museés d'Allemagne, de Hollande et de Belgique, et Tableaux paralléliques de l'ordre des Échassiers. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 43: 410–421 BHL; Suite 571–579 BHL; Fin 593–601 BHL. Mallet-Bachelier. Paris. Reference page.  p. 599 BHL

Additional references

• García-R, J.C., Gibb, G.B. & Trewick, S.A. 2014. Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 96–108. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Garcia-R, J.C., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R. & French, N. 2020. Phylogenomic reconstruction sheds light on new relationships and timescale of rails (Aves: Rallidae) evolution. Diversity 12(2): 70. DOI: 10.3390/d12020070 Reference page. 
• Kirchman, J.J., McInerney, N.R., Giarla, T.C., Olson, S.L., Slikas, E. & Fleischer, R.C. 2021. Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification. Ornithology 138(4): ukab042. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab042 Reference page. 
• Brown A.F., Lawrie, Y., Shannon, T.J., Collinson, J.M., Kirwan, G.M., Kirkconnell, A. & Stervander, M. 2022. First genetic data for the Critically Endangered Cuban endemic Zapata Rail Cyanolimnas cerverai, and the taxonomic implications. Journal of Ornithology 163: 945–952 DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.07.477705 Reference page. 
• Depino E.A., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Bonaccorso, E. & Areta, J.I. 2023. Evolutionary history of New World crakes (Aves: Rallidae) with emphasis on the tribe Laterallini. Zoologica Scripta 52(4): 394–412 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12595 Reference page. 

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