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Striped Crake
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis (Hartlaub, 1857)
Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
Striped Crake, Aenigmatolimnas marginalis, is a rail in the family Rallidae and breeds in Africa from Ghana and Nigeria through Cameroon to central DR Congo and Gabon. It was described by Hartlaub in 1857. It is the only species placed in Aenigmatolimnas, after earlier treatment in Porzana and Poliolimnas. Its wider recorded range also includes several other African countries, and it has been noted as a vagrant in Kuwait, Italy, Algeria, Morocco and Libya. Its exact relationships remain unresolved.
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
- Breeding range
- Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon to c DR Congo and Gabon
