Species Hypotaenidia sylvestris (Sclater, 1869)

Lord Howe Island Woodhen, December 2011

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External Links

• Ocydromus sylvestris Sclater, P.L. 1870. [Untitled]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 471-473 [Date published 1870] [472, pl. 35].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1881.5.1.5699 Relaxed mount, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales [31°33'S, 159°05'E].

  Type locality references:

  Warren, R.L.M. 1966. Type-specimens of Birds in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 1 Non-Passerines. London : British Museum ix 320 pp. [290].

Generic Combinations

• Hypotaenidia sylvestris (Sclater, 1869). —
  Dickinson, E.C. & Remsen Jr, J.V. (eds) 2013. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World 4th. edition Vol. 1. Non-passerines. Eastbourne : Aves Press pp.461.
• Gallirallus sylvestris (Sclater, 1869).

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Lord Howe Woodhen)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [22] (Lord Howe Woodhen)

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