Tahiti crake
| Tahiti crake | |
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| Drawing by Georg Forster | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Zapornia |
| Species: | †Z. nigra
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zapornia nigra (J. F. Miller, 1784)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rallus nigra | |
The Tahiti crake (Zapornia nigra), also known as Miller's rail, is an extinct species of
Rallidae
.
It was It probably went extinct in about 1800 from introduced predators.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Walters, Michael (1988). "Probable validity of Rallus nigra Miller, an extinct species from Tahiti" (PDF). Notornis. 35 (4): 265–269.
- ^ Miller, John Frederick (1777). Icones animalium et plantarum. Various subjects of Natural History, wherein are delineated Birds, Animals and many curious Plants, &c (in Latin). Vol. 1. London. Part 9, Plate 50. The work was published in 10 parts with 6 plates in each part. See: Sherborn, C.D.; Iredale, T. (1921). "J. F. Miller's Icones". Ibis. 11th series. 3: 302–309.
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