Systematics, morphology and ecology of rails (Aves: Rallidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with one new species Author Hume, Julian Pender text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-03 4626 1 1 107 journal article 26212 10.11646/zootaxa.4626.1.1 29c4832f-9970-4c9c-9bcb-2564407ac481 1175-5326 3335513 6CC12BAF-968F-4BDE-9315-340AF12A76EC Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 Porphyrio alleni Thomson, 1842 , p.204 ; E. Newton, 1888 , p.552 Remarks: Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni occurs in Africa, south of Sahara, Madagascar , and the Comoros , and has been accidental to Europe and Atlantic islands ( Safford & Hawkins 2013 ). It is an extremely rare visitor to the Mascarenes, with only one record of four birds (one specimen collected and held at UMZC) in December 1873 at Oyster Bay, Rodrigues ( Hartlaub 1877 ; Bourne 1968 ; Safford & Hawkins 2013 ).