Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Gruiformes > Rallidae > Cyanolimnas > Cyanolimnas cerveraiCyanolimnas cerverai (Zapata Rail)The Zapata rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai) is a medium-sized, dark-coloured rail, the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas. It has brown upperparts, greyish-blue underparts, a red-based yellow bill, white undertail coverts, and red eyes and legs. Its short wings render it almost flightless. It is endemic to the wetlands of the Zapata Peninsula in southern Cuba, where its only known nest was found in sawgrass tussocks. Little is known of its diet or reproductive behaviour, and its described calls may belong to a different species. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.23584 EDGE Score: 5.09848 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Cuban wetlands |
Cuba |
Neotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Ciénaga de Zapata |
Cuba |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Caribbean Islands |
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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