Tahiti Rail
Gallirallus pacificus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Tahiti Rail
The Tahiti Rail (Gallirallus pacificus) 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 Tahiti and adjacent eastern Society Islands; extinct, last reported 1800Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus pacificus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Tahiti Rail
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus pacificus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Tahiti.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.717
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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