Sultans ( lat. Porphyrio ) - a small genus of birds of the shepherdess family. Characteristics - a short high beak with oval or rounded nostrils, very long fingers, with the middle finger longer than the metatarsus . [1] One species, the sultanka , nests in Russia on the western coast of the Caspian Sea .
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Classification
There are 9 species in the genus Sultanka ( Porphyrio ) [2] :
- Sultan ( Porphyrio porphyrio )
- Takache ( Porphyrio hochstetteri )
- Bronze Sultan ( Porphyrio alleni ) (formerly Porphyrula alleni )
- Lesser Sultanka ( Porphyrio martinica ) (formerly Porphyrula martinica )
- Azure Sultana ( Porphyrio flavirostris ) (formerly Porphyrula flavirostris )
Extinct species (12 species ):
- White Sultanka ( Porphyrio albus ) † - died out in the first half of the 19th century
- Reunion Moorhen ( Porphyrio caerulescens ) † - extinct by the end of the 17th century
- The New Caledonian Sultanka ( Porphyrio kukwiedei ) † - died out in historical time (late Quaternary ) or later
- Takache Fr. Northern ( Porphyrio mantelli ) † - died out in historical time (late Quaternary ) or in the 1890s.
- Marquise Moorhen (Porphyrio paepae ) † - died out in historical time (late Quaternary ) or in the 1900s.
- Sultanka Fr. Hua hin ( Porphyrio mcnabi) † - died out in historical time (late Quaternary )
- Sultanka Fr. Buka ( Porphyrio sp.) † - historical time ( Holocene )
- Giant Sultanka ( Porphyrio sp.) † - historical time ( Holocene )
- Sultanka about. New Ireland ( Porphyrio sp.) † - Historical Time ( Holocene )
- Sultanka about. Norfolk ( Porphyrio sp.) † - historical time ( Holocene )
- Sultanka about. Rota ( Porphyrio sp.) † - historical time ( Holocene )
- Sultanka (? Or shepherdess) about. Mangaia ( Porphyrio sp.) † - historical time ( Holocene ) - species affiliation is unclear - may belong to the genera: Sultanki or Kamyshnitsa or Pareudiastes
Notes
- ↑ A. I. Ivanov, E. V. Kozlova, L. A. Portenko, A. Ya. Tugarinov. I // Birds of the USSR. - M.-L.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1951. - S. 254.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2010) A list of birds of the world with their conservation status and classification sources from BirdLife. Version 3. (English)
Literature
- A.I. Ivanov, E.V. Kozlova, L.A. Portenko , A. Ya. Tugarinov. Birds of the USSR. - M.-L.: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1951. - T. I. - 280 p.
- Barry Taylor. Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. - Yale University Press, 1998 .-- 600 p. - ISBN 0300077580 . (eng.)