Luzon Rail / Lewinia mirifica
WBN 
Luzon Rail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rallus mirificus WilsonBull. 71 p.303-306
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Lewinia
Taxonomy Code: luzrai1
Type Locality:
Author: Parkes & Amadon
Publish Year: 1959
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
DEFINITIONS
LEWINIA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Lewin's Rail L. pectoralis) Specific name Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837 (= syn. Lewinia pectoralis); "Ralleæ ... 2012. Hypotænidia, Reich. - a. Hypotænidia, Reich. - b. Euryzona, Reich. c. Lewinia, Reich. - *d. Laterallus, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854); "109. Lewinia, Reich. 324. pectoralis, Cuv. nec Gould. (R. lewini, Sw.) 325. brachypus, Sw. 326. albiventer, Sw." (Bonaparte 1856).
Synon. Donacias, Hyporallus.
mirifica / mirificus
L. mirificus wonderful, astonishing < mirus extraordinary; facere to make.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
