Wake Island Rail
Gallirallus wakensis(Rothschild, LW, 1903)
English (US) Wake Island Rail
The Wake Island Rail (Gallirallus wakensis) 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 Wake Island; extinct, last reported 1944Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus wakensis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Wake Island Rail
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1903)
No guides listed yet for Wake Island Rail
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hypotaenidia wakensis
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1903)
- Type locality
- Wake Island, lat. 19° N., long. 167° E., Pacific Ocean.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.78
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Chatham Rail
Gallirallus modestus
Dieffenbach's Rail
Gallirallus dieffenbachii
Pink-legged Rail
Gallirallus insignis
Woodford's Rail
Gallirallus woodfordi
Bar-winged Rail
Gallirallus poecilopterus
Guam Rail
Gallirallus owstoni
Barred Rail
Gallirallus torquatus
Roviana Rail
Gallirallus rovianae
Nkulengu Rail
Himantornis haematopus
Blue-faced Rail
Gymnocrex rosenbergii
Bare-eyed Rail
Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
Talaud Rail
Gymnocrex talaudensis
Looking for a different species?