Tahiti Crake
Zapornia nigra(Miller, JF, 1784)
English (US) Tahiti Crake
The Tahiti Crake (Zapornia nigra) 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; extinct, last record from 1784Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zapornia nigra
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Tahiti Crake
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1784)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus nigra
- Described by
- (Miller, JF, 1784)
- Original description
- Icones Animalium: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals and many curious plants, with the parts of fructification of each plant, all of which are drawn and coloured from nature pt9 pl.50
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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