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Tahiti Rail

Gallirallus pacificus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

English (US) Tahiti Rail

Extinct

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
IUCN Red List
Extinct
English (US)
Tahiti Rail
Described by
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 148 species of the family Rallidae