Sakalava Rail

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Sakalava Rail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Amaurornis
Species: A. olivieri
Binomial name
Amaurornis olivieri
(Grandidier & Berlioz, 1929)

The Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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