Bar-winged rail

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Bar-winged rail
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Hypotaenidia
Species:
H. poeciloptera
Binomial name
Hypotaenidia poeciloptera
(Hartlaub, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Hypotaenidia poeciloptera
  • Gallirallus poecilopterus

The bar-winged rail (Hypotaenidia poeciloptera) is an extinct species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to Fiji and was last collected ca 1890 in Viti Levu. The species was identified from twelve 19th century specimens, some of which are known to be in Boston, London and New York. The last unconfirmed sighting of this bird was in 1973.

Contents

Fossil remains dating back to the late Pleistocene or early Holocene are known from some caves in Fiji. [2]

Description

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hypotaenidia poeciloptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22728740A94995068. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728740A94995068.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Worthy, Trevor H. (2004-09-01). "The fossil rails (Aves: Rallidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and species". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 34 (3): 295–314. Bibcode:2004JRSNZ..34..295W. doi:10.1080/03014223.2004.9517768. ISSN   0303-6758. S2CID   129705107.