Auckland Rail
Lewinia muelleri(Rothschild, LW, 1893)
English (US) Auckland Rail
The Auckland Rail (Lewinia muelleri) 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: predator-free islands of Auckland Islands (Adams and Disappointment)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lewinia muelleri
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Auckland Rail
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1893)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus muelleri
- Described by
- (Rothschild, LW, 1893)
- Type locality
- Auckland Island.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1, no.8 p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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