Breeding distribution and seasonal movements of Swinhoe’s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus (Aves: Rallidae)

Jiří Mlíkovský, Douglas G. D. Russell, Petr Stýblo

Pages	103–120
DOI	10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.009
Keywords	Rallidae, Coturnicops exquisitus, eastern Palearctic, distribution
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	MLÍKOVSKÝ, Jiří, RUSSELL, Douglas G. D. a STÝBLO, Petr. Breeding distribution and seasonal movements of Swinhoe’s Rail Coturnicops exquisitus (Aves: Rallidae). Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 193(1), 103–120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.009. ISSN 1802-6842 (print), 1802-6850 (electronic). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/jotnmpnhs/193-1/breeding-distribution-and-seasonal-movements-of-swinhoes-rail-coturnicops-exquisitus-aves-rallidae

Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series | 2024/193/1

We summarized records of the Swinhoe’s Rail and reconstructed its breeding range, winter range and migration ways. We distinguished two evolutionarily significant units within Swinhoe’s Rail: a continental and a Japanese. The continental form breeds mainly in the borderland between China and the Russian Far East, while the Japanese is an endemic of Japan.

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