Woodford's rail (''Hypotaenidia woodfordi'') is a species of
bird in the family
Rallidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is endemic to the
Solomon Islands archipelago. Its natural
habitats are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
Description
TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...
, subtropical or tropical
swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p. Swamps are considered to be transition zones because both land and water play a role in ...
s,
rivers, freshwater
lakes, freshwater
marshes, and rural
gardens.
Status and conservation
It is currently threatened by
habitat loss and is the
only surviving species of the genus ''
Nesoclopeus''. However, recent genetic evidence finds that the species is nested within ''
Hypotaenidia'', as sister taxon to the
Guam rail.
References
Woodford's rail
Birds of the Solomon Islands
Woodford's rail
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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