Depiction from Album of Watercolour Drawings of Australian Natural History, c. 1800 in which it is listed as "ground bird, Norfolk Island"[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Gallirallus
Species:
†Gallirallus sp.
Binomial name
†Gallirallus sp.
Map of Norfolk Island, where the rail was said to have lived
The Norfolk Island rail (Gallirallus sp.) is an extinct species of bird that lived on Norfolk Island in Australia. It was first identified by an illustration from the Album of Watercolour Drawings of Australian Natural History.[2] It is important to note that the species has not been officially described by science.
^"State Library of New South Wales". Retrieved 6 January 2023.
^"Avifauna from the Emily Bay Settlement Site, Norfolk Island: A Preliminary Account" (PDF). Department of Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
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