Hypotaenidia
Okinawa rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Hypotaenidia
Reichenbach, 1853
Type species
Rallus pectoralis[1]
Reichenbach, 1853
Species

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Hypotaenidia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae. The genus is considered separate by the IOC and IUCN, while The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World / eBird consider the species to be part of Gallirallus.

Species

It contains the following species:[2]

Extant

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Okinawa railHypotaenidia okinawaeOkinawa, Japan
Barred railHypotaenidia torquatathe Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea)
Buff-banded railHypotaenidia philippensisAustralasia and the southwestern Pacific region, including the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand
Guam railHypotaenidia owstoniGuam
Pink-legged railHypotaenidia insignisNew Britain
Roviana railHypotaenidia rovianaeWestern Province (the Solomon Islands)
Woodford's railHypotaenidia woodfordithe Solomon Islands
Lord Howe woodhenHypotaenidia sylvestrisLord Howe Island

Extinct

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Bar-winged railHypotaenidia poecilopteraFiji (Viti Levu)
Dieffenbach's railHypotaenidia dieffenbachiithe Chatham Islands
Tahiti railHypotaenidia pacificaTahiti
Vava'u railHypotaenidia vavauensisVava'u (Vuna)
Wake Island railHypotaenidia wakensisWake Island

References

  1. "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 July 2020.


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