Striped crake

{{short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Striped crake

| image = Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, a.jpg

| image_caption = male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=Amaurornis marginalis |amends=2016 |page=e.T22692729A111821536 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692729A111821536.en |access-date=25 May 2022}}

| genus = Aenigmatolimnas

| parent_authority = J.L. Peters, 1932

| species = marginalis

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1857)

| synonyms =

Porzana marginalis

Amaurornis marginalis

Poliolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857)

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The striped crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas, having formerly been included in Porzana or in the defunct genus Poliolimnas. Its precise relationships, however, are still enigmatic.

Range

Gallery

File:Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, haan en kuikens, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, b.jpg|{{center|male and chicks}}

File:Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, kuiken, Kgomo-kgomo-vleiland, Birding Weto, a.jpg|{{center|chick}}

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