Sakalava Rail / Zapornia olivieri
WBN 
Sakalava Rail
SCI Name:
Protonym: Porzana Olivieri Bull.Acad.Malgache(n.s.) n.s., 10(1927) p.83 pl.
Taxonomy: Gruiformes / Rallidae / Zapornia
Taxonomy Code: sakrai1
Type Locality: Antsalova, Province of Maintirano, western Madagascar.
Author: Grandidier & Berlioz
Publish Year: 1929
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
ZAPORNIA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Little Crake Z. parva) Anagram of genus Porzana Vieillot, 1816, crake; "ZAPORNIA. CRAKER. ... RALLUS. Gmel., Lath. GALLINULA. Beck., Temm. ZAPORNIA. Leach. OF this genus, which was separated by Dr Leach from the Crakes, there is but one species known. ... LITTLE CRAKER. (Zapornia pusilla.) ... Zapornia minuta. Leach, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 34" (Stephens 1824).
Var. Zaporina, Lapornia.
Synon. Aphanolimnas, Kittlitzia, Limnobaenus, Limnocorax, Nesophylax, Palugalla, Pennula, Phalaridion, Porzanoidea, Porzanula, Rallites, Schoenocrex.
olivieri
Marcel Achille Olivier (1879-1945) French colonial administrator, Lt.-Gov. of Upper Senegal-Niger (later French Sudan) 1919-1921, Interim Gov.-Gen. of French West Africa 1922-1923, Gov.-Gen. of Madagascar 1924-1929 (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (Zapornia).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
