Samoan Woodhen
Gallinula pacifica(Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1871)
English (US) Samoan Woodhen
The Samoan Woodhen (Gallinula pacifica) 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 Sava'i Island (western Samoa); probably extinct, last reported 1873Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallinula pacifica
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Samoan Woodhen
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1871)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pareudiastes pacificus
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG; Finsch, FHO, 1871)
- Type locality
- Savaii, Samoan Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871, pt.1 p.25 pl.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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