Chatham Rail
Gallirallus modestus(Hutton, FW, 1872)
English (US) Chatham Rail
The Chatham Rail (Gallirallus modestus) 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 modestus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Chatham Rail
- Described by
- (Hutton, FW, 1872)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus modestus
- Described by
- (Hutton, FW, 1872)
- Type locality
- Chatham Islands, type from Mangare Island.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.2, no.7 p.247
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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