Zapata Rail

The Zapata Rail was discovered by Spanish zoologist Fermín Zanón Cervera in March 1927 in the Zapata Swamp near Santo Tomás, in the southern Matanzas province of Cuba. The swamp holds one other bird found nowhere else, the Zapata Wren, and also gives its name to the Zapata Sparrow. Due to ongoing habitat loss in its limited range, its small population size, and predation by introduced mammals and catfish, the Zapata Rail is evaluated as endangered on the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Tourism and climate change may pose threats in the future.

The Zapata Rail is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Zapata Rail, Cyanolimnas cerverai, is a 29 cm (11.4 in) long, dark-coloured rail, the only member of the monotypic genus Cyanolimnas. It has brown upperparts, greyish-blue underparts, a red-based yellow bill, white undertail coverts, and red eyes and legs. Its short wings render it almost flightless. It is endemic to the wetlands of the Zapata Peninsula in southern Cuba, where its only known nest was found in sawgrass tussocks. More

*"The Zapata Rail is restricted to a single area, with an extent of about 1,000 km2 (386 mi2), and its small population of between 250–1000 individuals is assessed as decreasing" * Are these population figures extrapolated from the 1998 sightings above, or have there been more recent surveys? * now its small population, estimated on More

Zapata Sparrow and Zapata Rail, also the best place for Bee Hummingbird. It is an area of thick scrub and Swamp, forest and coastal habitat. contributor Rafael S More

Share Definition of Zapata rail on Facebook Digg:Definition of Zapata rail! stumble Definition of Zapata rail Bookmark Definition of Zapata rail on Delicious submit Definition of Zapata rail to reddit Bookmark Definition of Zapata rail noun 1. A bird from the family Rallidae. Scientific name: Cyanolimnas cerverai. More

The Zapata Rail is a medium-sized dark colored rail. It is the only member of monotypic genus Cyanolimnas. It exists only in the Zapata region of Cuba. Both sexes are similar with dark brown plumage, yellow and red-based bill, short wings, red eye, white undertail coverts, orange legs and greyish-blue below. The Zapata Rail is confined and endemic to swamp and wetlands of Zapata in southern Cuba. More

Santo Tomás, Cuba - The Gallinela de Santo Tomás, or Zapata rail, is an odd-looking bird. Mainly brown and grey with a green bill and red feet, its wings are so short that it can barely fly at all. This bird, endemic and unique to the Cienaga de Zapata wetlands of Cuba, has recently become the subject of particular interest to local children. More

PoeyEnglish: Zapata Rail (Cyanolimnas cerverai) in the collection of the Museo Felipe Poey Date September 2001(2001-09) Source Own work Author Birdingcuba64 Permission (Reusing this file) Author Licensing - I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses: GNU head Permission More