Hypotaenidia

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Hypotaenidia
Okinawa rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Hypotaenidia
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Rallus pectoralis[1]
Reichenbach, 1853
Species

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Hypotaenidia is a genus of

Rallidae. The genus is considered separate by the IOC and IUCN, while The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World / eBird consider the species to be part of Gallirallus
.

Species

It contains the following species:[2]

Extant

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Okinawa rail Hypotaenidia okinawae Okinawa, Japan
Barred rail Hypotaenidia torquata the Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea)
Buff-banded rail Hypotaenidia philippensis Australasia and the southwestern Pacific region, including the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand
Guam rail Hypotaenidia owstoni Guam
Pink-legged rail Hypotaenidia insignis New Britain
Roviana rail Hypotaenidia rovianae Western Province (the Solomon Islands)
Woodford's rail Hypotaenidia woodfordi the Solomon Islands
Lord Howe woodhen Hypotaenidia sylvestris Lord Howe Island

Extinct

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Bar-winged rail Hypotaenidia poeciloptera Fiji (Viti Levu)
Dieffenbach's rail Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii the Chatham Islands
Tahiti rail Hypotaenidia pacifica Tahiti
Vava'u rail Hypotaenidia vavauensis Vava'u (Vuna)
Wake Island rail Hypotaenidia wakensis Wake Island

References

  1. ^ "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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