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Ridgway's rail: Rallus obsoletus Ridgway, 1874: 18 Clapper rail: Rallus crepitans Gmelin, JF, 1789: 19 Aztec rail: Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874: 20 Mangrove rail: Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783: 21 King rail: Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834: 22 Plain-flanked rail: Rallus wetmorei Zimmer, JT & Phelps, WH, 1944: 23 Virginia rail: Rallus ...
The list also sometimes includes the local Tamil name in italics or the Tamil name in Tamil script following the English common name. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 11.2. This list ...
The larger species are also sometimes given other names. The black coots are more adapted to open water than their relatives, and some other large species are called gallinules and swamphens. The largest of this group is the takahē , at 65 cm (26 in) and 2.7 kg (6.0 lb).
Tamil Nadu is known for the diversity of its mammals due to the varying environments that sustain both dry and moist deciduous forests. [4] Notable species include Arboreal animals distributed in its hills, grasslands, mangroves, scrubs and forests. These also include vulnerable species like the Bengal tiger, Nilgiri Tahr, and the lion-tailed ...
A number of monkey species from Nilgiri langur to the endangered lion-tailed macaque, baboon, Hanuman langur and leaf-capped langur, wolf, jackal, hyena, llama, otter, an aviary for Vedantangal birds and another for Point Calimere birds, then enclosures for the higher carnivores like the tiger, lion, panther, and jaguar, as well as grazers such ...
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Vedanthangal literally means the 'hamlet of the hunter' in Tamil language. [3] Towards the end of the 18th century, locals complained to the District Collector of Chingleput district about the British soldiers shooting the birds and obtained a cowle (a written acceptance) from the collector to protect the birds. [ 4 ]
The slaty-breasted rail (Lewinia striata) is a rail species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. [1] Breeding has been recorded in July near Dehradun in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas . [ 2 ]