white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) English: White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
Français : Râle de Cuvier (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
Écriteau lié :
Râle de Cuvier
Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran)
Madagascar et anciennement à l'île Maurice.
Une sous-espèce aux îles Aldabra.
Date 9 November 2011
Author Totodu74 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Totodu74
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dryolimnas_cuvieri_Museum_de_Gen%C3%A8ve.JPG
The white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) or Cuvier's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. A flightless subspecies, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus (Aldabra rail), inhabits Aldabra, while another, Dryolimnas cuvieri abbotti (Assumption rail), from Assumption went extinct in the early 20th century due to introduced predators. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Dryolimnas
Species: Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)