Woodford’s Rail / Gallirallus woodfordi
Woodford's Rail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rallina Woodfordi Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6), 4 p.320
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Gallirallus
Taxonomy Code: woorai1
Type Locality: Aola, Guadalcanar, Solomon Islands.
Author: Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year: 1889
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
GALLIRALLUS
(Rallidae; † Weka G. australis) Portmanteau of genera Gallus Brisson 1760, fowl, and Rallus Linnaeus, 1758, rail; "Genus Rallus, sub-genus Galli-rallus de Lafr. — Caractère du sous-genre: Rostrum Ralli, sectionis Crex (Bechst.), elongatum, compressum, rectum, culmine supra nares paulisper depresso, apice parum arcuato; nares mediocres, ovalæ, in fovea ampla plus quam dimidiam partem rostri occupante, ad apicem anticum et medium rostrum apertæ, hac fovea membrana obtecta; pedes ambulatorii, gallinacei, validi, tarsis robustissimis, digitis totis liberis, prælongis et fortibus; pollice mediocri uti apud Rallos tarso inserto, unguibus mediocribus parum curvatis; alæ brevissimæ, obtusissimæ, mollissimæ ad volatum ut versimile paucissimæ aptæ; cauda satis elongata, conica, exilis, e pennis mollibus formata; ptilosis tota lanuginosa et mollissima. Gallirallus brachypterus de Lafr." (de La Fresnaye 1841); "Galli-rallus Lafresnaye, Rev. Zool., 1841, p. 234 [sic= 243]. Type, by monotypy, Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye = Rallus troglodytes Gmelin." (Peters, 1934, II, 177); "GALLIRALLUS Lafresnaye, 1841 M — Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye, 1841; type by monotypy = Rallus australis Sparrman, 1786 ... Includes "troglodytes"" (Dickinson and Remsen (eds.), H. & M. Complete Checklist, 4th ed., 2013, 1 (Non-passerines), p. 134).
Synon. Brachypteryx, Ocydromus, Sylvestrornis, Tricholimnas.
woodfordi
Charles Morris Woodford (1853-1927) British naturalist, Resident Commissioner in the Solomons Protectorate 1896-1914 (subsp. Accipiter albogularis, Corvus, subsp. Erythrura trichroa, Hypotaenidia, Ixobrychus).
SUBSPECIES
Woodford's Rail (Bougainville)
SCI Name: Gallirallus woodfordi tertius
tertius
L. tertius third < tres three.
Woodford's Rail (Santa Isabel)
SCI Name: Gallirallus woodfordi immaculatus
immaculata / immaculatus
L. immaculatus immaculate, spotless, unstained < in- without; macula spot.
● ex “Ypacahá obscuro” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 371 (syn. Pardirallus nigricans).
Woodford's Rail (Guadalcanal)
SCI Name: Gallirallus woodfordi woodfordi
woodfordi
Charles Morris Woodford (1853-1927) British naturalist, Resident Commissioner in the Solomons Protectorate 1896-1914 (subsp. Accipiter albogularis, Corvus, subsp. Erythrura trichroa, Hypotaenidia, Ixobrychus).
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)