Coturnicops
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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| image = Coturnicops_noveboracensisAAP026CB.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
| taxon = Coturnicops
| authority = G.R. Gray, 1855
| type_species = Fulica noveboracensis{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=42 |title= Rallidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-27}}
| type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1789
}}
Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) as the type species.{{ cite book | last=Gray | first=George Robert | author-link=George Robert Gray | year=1855 | title=Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum | location=London | publisher=British Museum | page=120 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17136759}} The genus name combines coturnix, the Latin word for a "quail", with ōps, an Ancient Greek word meaning "appearance".{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=120 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n120/mode/1up }}
Species
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| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swinhoe's rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | Manchuria and southeastern Siberia. | |
| 120px | Yellow rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Canada east of the Rockies; also the northeastern United States |
The genus formerly included the speckled rail (Laterallus notatus).
References
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Category:Birds described in 1855
Category:Taxa named by George Robert Gray
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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