Lewin's Rail
Lewinia pectoralis(Temminck, CJ, 1831)
English (US) Lewin's Rail
The Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis) 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.
- Scientific name
- Lewinia pectoralis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lewin's Rail
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Lewinia pectoralis exsul
- Lewinia pectoralis mayri
- Lewinia pectoralis alberti
- Lewinia pectoralis clelandi
- Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis
- Lewinia pectoralis brachipus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus pectoralis
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1831)
- Type locality
- Oceania = New South Wales, apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.88, vol.5 text to pl.523
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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