White-throated rail
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D. cuvieri
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| Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
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The white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) or Cuvier's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles. A flightless subspecies, Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus (Aldabra rail), inhabits Aldabra, while another, D. c. abbotti (Assumption rail), from Assumption went extinct in the early 20th century due to introduced predators.
It is now the last living member of the genus Dryolimnas and believed to be the last flightless bird in the Indian Ocean.[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
References
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