Rodrigues Rail
Rodrigues Rail
| Autor: | Adélaïde Laurie Felicie |
|---|---|
| Verfügbarkeit: | Auf Lager. |
| Artikelnummer: | 1354450 |
| ISBN / EAN: | 9786137941348 |
Zusatzinformation
- Autor: Adélaïde Laurie Felicie
- Verlag: Betascript Publishing
- ISBN / EAN: 9786137941348
- Bindung: Taschenbuch
Produktbeschreibung
The Rodrigues Rail or Leguat's Gelinote (Aphanapteryx leguati) is an extinct bird named after the learned traveller François Leguat, who came with a band of Huguenot religious refugees to Rodrigues in 1691 and stayed there for two years. It was also mentioned by Julien Tafforet in 1726. The Rodrigues Rail was a plump, flightless rail with bright gray plumage - probably an effect caused by fine grey and white mottling or vermiculations like on a mallard drake's flanks - and conspicuous red bill, feet and eye wattles. It was somewhat smaller than its relative, the Red Rail of Mauritius.
