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Coturnicops
Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family.
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Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) as the type species.[2] The genus name combines coturnix, the Latin word for a "quail", with ōps, an Ancient Greek word meaning "appearance".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following two species:[4]
The genus formerly included the speckled rail (Laterallus notatus).[4]
References
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