Rallidae

Kumar Arya, Sumit & Gopi, Govindan Veeraswami, 2021, An annotated bird checklist of community-managed lands in Kailash Sacred Landscape-India, Kumaon Himalaya, Check List 17 (2), pp. 365-383 : 372

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.2.365

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE8562-8520-FF93-FF07-F8F28D919076

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Marcus

scientific name

Rallidae
status

 

Family Rallidae View in CoL

* Amaurornis phoenicurus (Pennant, 1769) White-breasted Waterhen

Figure 3B

Observations. INDIA • Uttarakhand; Pithoragarh dis- trict; Bin block; Bans ; 29.6228°N, 80.1391°E; alt. 990 m a.s.l.; 14 Apr. 2014 GoogleMaps Bin block; Jajurauli ; 29.6208, 80.1217; alt. 850 m a.s.l.; 13 Feb. 2016 GoogleMaps .

Identification. The species was readily identified by its grey upperparts and white face, foreneck, and breast. Bill and legs are greenish-yellow, and the upper mandible has a reddish base.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Genus

Amaurornis

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