Dieffenbach's Rail
Gallirallus dieffenbachii(Gray, GR, 1843)
English (US) Dieffenbach's Rail
The Dieffenbach's Rail (Gallirallus dieffenbachii) 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 Islands; extinct, last reported 1900Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus dieffenbachii
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Dieffenbach's Rail
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus Dieffenbachii
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1843)
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands.
- Original description
- Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country 2 p.197
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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