Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Rallicula f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Rallidae – certain forest rails and crakes of Asia and Australasia, now included in Rallina.
2. (alternatively) A taxonomic genus within the family Sarothruridae.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Rallidae): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Gruiformes - order; Rallidae - family

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276