Coturnicops Explained

Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family.

The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with the yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) as the type species.^[1] The genus name combines coturnix, the Latin word for a "quail", with ōps, an Ancient Greek word meaning "appearance".^[2]

Species

The genus contains the following three species:^[3]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
		Coturnicops exquisitus	Manchuria and southeastern Siberia.
		Coturnicops noveboracensis	Canada east of the Rockies; also the northeastern United States
		Coturnicops notatus	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Notes and References

1. Book: Gray, George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1855 . Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London . British Museum . 120 .
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 120 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 8 July 2019 .