The Lord Howe woodhen (Hypotaenidia sylvestris) also known as the Lord Howe Island woodhen or Lord Howe (Island) rail, is a flightless bird of the rail family, (Rallidae). It is endemic to Lord Howe Island off the Australian coast. It is currently classified as endangered by the IUCN.
^BirdLife International (2022). "Hypotaenidia sylvestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22692395A212806713. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
tephropleurus Lord Howe starling or Aplonis fuscus hullianus, extinct LordHowe swamphen or Porphyrio albus, extinct LordHowewoodhen or Gallirallus sylvestris...
subspecies are the LordHowe golden whistler, LordHowe silvereye, and LordHowe currawong. The iconic endemic rail, the flightless LordHowewoodhen, is the only...
was alternatively placed in Tricholimnas alone or together with the LordHowewoodhen, and the other was initially included in Rallus. As delimited here...
relationships. Often, it was believed to be closely allied to the LordHowewoodhen – if only due to them being similarly drab rails from islands across...
Great Barrier Reef Kakadu Willandra Lakes Region LordHowe Island Tasmanian Wilderness Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa Sydney Opera House Budj Bim Royal Exhibition Building...
include: Christmas, Cocos (Keeling), Ashmore, Torres Strait, Coral Sea, LordHowe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard/McDonald. The list includes introduced species...
times. The native name n'dino is thought to refer to this bird. Samoan woodhen, Gallinula pacifica (Savaiʻi, Samoa, 1907?) Probably better placed in the...
western Mediterranean 1988 (IUCN) Hunting. 1853 LordHowe pigeon Columba vitiensis godmanae LordHowe Island, Australia 1856 Small Samoan flying fox Pteropus...
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