Coturnicops


Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family.

Taxonomy

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

Species

The genus contains the following two species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Swinhoe's railCoturnicops exquisitusManchuria and southeastern Siberia.
Yellow rail Coturnicops noveboracensisCanada east of the Rockies; also the northeastern United States

The genus formerly included the speckled rail.