Vava'u rail
| Vava'u rail Temporal range: Late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | †H. vavauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hypotaenidia vavauensis Worthy and Burley, 2020
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The Vava'u rail (Hypotaenidia vavauensis) is an
Description
The Vava'u rail was a flightless bird with legs longer and bulkier than most known species in Hypotaenidia.[1] The bill was blood red becoming more of a pale pink towards the lip. The body had patches of grey and white appearing as a slaty blue. It was likely closely related, and visually similar to the ʻEua rail.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Prehistoric avifaunas from the Kingdom of Tonga". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
- . Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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