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Gallirallus
Weka, Gallirallus australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Lafresnaye, 1841
Species

1 living, and see text

Gallirallus is a genus of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region. The genus is characterised by an ability to colonise relatively small and isolated islands and thereafter to evolve flightless forms, many of which became extinct following Polynesian settlement.

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Gallirallus

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(in English, this name is generally limited to Gallirallus australis). On the other hand, Gallirallus species are (with the exception of the weka) notoriously...

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Weka

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classified as a single species in the genus Gallirallus with four subspecies. The buff weka (Gallirallus australis hectori) formerly inhabited the eastern...

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Guam rail

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Wikispecies has information related to Gallirallus owstoni. The Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni) is a species of flightless bird in the Rallidae family...

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Wake Island rail

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factsheet: Gallirallus wakensis. (Retrieved 06/11/2012) [1] Olson, S. L.; Rauzon, M. J. (2011): The extinct Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis: a...

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Lord Howe woodhen

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collected on one of the Gilbert Islands and named as the Gilbert rail, Gallirallus conditicius (Peters & Griscom, 1928). However, the island attributed...

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Flightless bird

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Gallirallus australis New Caledonian rail, Gallirallus lafresnayanus (likely †) Lord Howe woodhen, Gallirallus sylvestris Calayan rail, Gallirallus calayanensis...

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Calayan rail

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was classified in the genus Gallirallus. Following studies in 2012 and 2013, all recent species in the genus Gallirallus aside from the Calayan rail and...

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Okinawa rail

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gallirallus okinawae. Wikispecies has information related to Gallirallus okinawae. BirdLife Species Factsheet. Oriental...

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Chatham rail

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Olson (1975c) Wikispecies has information related to Gallirallus modestus. Media related to Gallirallus modestus at Wikimedia Commons Specimens from the Museum...

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New Caledonian rail

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loosely-defined Gallirallus – as was ultimately corroborated by DNA data. By the mid-2010s, there was general agreement to split up the wastebin taxon Gallirallus, the...

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Barred rail

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Miranda, jr. & Timothy H. Fisher Media related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikispecies v t e...

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Chestnut rail

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Genus: Eulabeornis Gould, 1844 Species: E. castaneoventris Binomial name Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, 1844 Synonyms Gallirallus castaneoventris...

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Tahiti rail

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263–269. hdl:10088/12789. Media related to Gallirallus pacificus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Gallirallus pacificus at Wikispecies Portal: Birds...

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Hypotaenidia

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"Gallirallus" ernstmayri Micronesian species Tinian rail, "Gallirallus" pendiculentus Aguiguan rail, "Gallirallus" pisonii Rota rail, "Gallirallus" temptatus...

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Roviana rail

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Taxon identifiers Gallirallus rovianae Wikidata: Q1078590 Wikispecies: Hypotaenidia rovianae ADW: Gallirallus_rovianae BOW: rovrai1 CoL: 3F6XB eBird:...

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Astolfo

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vulf ("wolf") A species of extinct rail was named in honor of Astolfo: Gallirallus astolfoi, or Astolfo's rail. Peter Brand and Lino Pertile (1996). The...

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Tinikling

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the slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus), the buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis), and the barred rail (Gallirallus torquatus). The term tinikling...

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Tongatapu rail

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The Tongatapu rail (Gallirallus hypoleucus) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was apparently native to the island of Tongatapu in the Kingdom...

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Invisible rail

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Habroptila is part of evolutionary radiation within the broad genus Gallirallus that took place around 400,000 years ago in the region. A 2014 genetic...

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Macquarie rail

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predation on rails in winter with the rabbits at seasonally low numbers. Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis — Buff-banded Rail (Macquarie Island), Species...

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Huahine rail

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The Huahine rail (Gallirallus storrsolsoni) was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was a medium-sized Gallirallus rail endemic to Huahine in...

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Tubuai rail

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The Tubuai rail (Gallirallus steadmani) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family. It was described from subfossil remains...

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