For long, this singular rail was considered a member of a distinct subfamilyHimantornithinae. This was based on the assumption that it was a sort of "living fossil", as it resembles other Gruiformes rather than other rails in many traits. But as it seems, the supposed plesiomorphies are actually atavistic or otherwise re-evolved traits in reaction to its African rainforest habitat. Its closest living relatives seem to be the Asian genera Amaurornis, Gallicrex, Megacrex, and the widespread African Aenigmatolimnas, with Megacrex and Himantornis representing ancient and ecologically quite similar lineages at the extreme ends of the group's distribution.[3] However a later genetic study found that it was basal to the radiation containing Porzana, Tribonyx, Gallinula and Fulica.[4]
It is notoriously difficult to visually observe, preferring to hide, but has a loud and distinctive call often made in pairs.[5]
Referencesedit
^ abBirdLife International (2020). "Himantornis haematopus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22692256A181597957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22692256A181597957.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
nkulengu, rail, himantornis, haematopus, species, bird, family, rallidae, belongs, monotypic, genus, himantornis, ankasa, forest, reserve, ghanaconservation, statusleast, concern, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chorda. The Nkulengu rail Himantornis haematopus is a species of bird in the family Rallidae It belongs to the monotypic genus Himantornis 2 Nkulengu railin Ankasa Forest Reserve GhanaConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass AvesOrder GruiformesFamily RallidaeGenus HimantornisHartlaub 1855Species H haematopusBinomial nameHimantornis haematopusHartlaub 1855The same four birdsFor long this singular rail was considered a member of a distinct subfamily Himantornithinae This was based on the assumption that it was a sort of living fossil as it resembles other Gruiformes rather than other rails in many traits But as it seems the supposed plesiomorphies are actually atavistic or otherwise re evolved traits in reaction to its African rainforest habitat Its closest living relatives seem to be the Asian genera Amaurornis Gallicrex Megacrex and the widespread African Aenigmatolimnas with Megacrex and Himantornis representing ancient and ecologically quite similar lineages at the extreme ends of the group s distribution 3 However a later genetic study found that it was basal to the radiation containing Porzana Tribonyx Gallinula and Fulica 4 It is found in Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Ivory Coast Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea Liberia Nigeria Sierra Leone Togo and Uganda 1 It is notoriously difficult to visually observe preferring to hide but has a loud and distinctive call often made in pairs 5 References edit a b BirdLife International 2020 Himantornis haematopus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020 e T22692256A181597957 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2020 3 RLTS T22692256A181597957 en Retrieved 12 November 2021 ITIS Report Himantornis Integrated Taxonomic Information System Retrieved 14 September 2014 Garcia R et al 2014 Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae Garcia R Juan C Lemmon Emily Moriarty Lemmon Alan R French Nigel 2020 02 07 Phylogenomic Reconstruction Sheds Light on New Relationships and Timescale of Rails Aves Rallidae Evolution Diversity 12 2 70 doi 10 3390 d12020070 ISSN 1424 2818 Fisher David Demey Ron March 2012 Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus Bulletin of the African Bird Club 19 1 81 82 doi 10 5962 p 309969 ISSN 1352 481X nbsp This Gruiformes related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nkulengu rail amp oldid 1184101947, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
