Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | rascló àpter |
| Czech | chřástal mangrovový |
| Dutch | Kasuarisral |
| English | New Guinea Flightless Rail |
| English (United States) | New Guinea Flightless Rail |
| French | Râle géant |
| French (France) | Râle géant |
| German | Baumralle |
| Indonesian | Mandar kasuari |
| Japanese | パプアクイナ |
| Norwegian | storfotrikse |
| Polish | kusowodnik |
| Russian | Новогвинейский погоныш |
| Serbian | Novogvinejski petlovan neletač |
| Slovak | nohaňa nelietavá |
| Spanish | Rascón Inepto |
| Spanish (Spain) | Rascón inepto |
| Swedish | storfotsrall |
| Turkish | Büyük Papua Yelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Пастушок новогвінейський |
Megacrex inepta d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879
PROTONYM:
Megacrex inepta
d'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 14, p.130.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fly River, New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- MEGACREX
- inepta / ineptus
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New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta Scientific name definitions
Barry Taylor and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 30, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 30, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
Authors
Barry Taylor and Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. and C. J. Sharpe (2020). New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ngfrai1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- December 30, 2017
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
Authors
Barry Taylor and Christopher J. Sharpe
Revisors
Christopher J. Sharpe
Recommended Citation
Taylor, B. and C. J. Sharpe (2017). New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
