Hawkins's Rail
Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi(Forbes, HO, 1892)
English (US) Hawkins's Rail
The Hawkins's Rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: formerly Chatham Island; extinct, may have survived until 1895Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Hawkins's Rail
- Described by
- (Forbes, HO, 1892)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Aphanapteryx Hawkinsi
- Described by
- (Forbes, HO, 1892)
- Original description
- Nature 45 p.416
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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