Galapagos crake
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The Galapagos crake (Laterallus spilonota), also called the Galapagos rail and Darwin's rail, is a vulnerable species of rail in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is endemic to the Galápagos Islands.[2][3][1] It resembles its sister species, the black rail of the Americas, from which it diverged 1.2 million years ago.[4]
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Galápagos crake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Laterallus |
Species: | L. spilonota |
Binomial name | |
Laterallus spilonota (Gould, 1841) | |
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