Bar-winged rail
Extinct species of bird
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The bar-winged rail (Gallirallus poeciloptera) is an extinct species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to Fiji and was last collected ca 1890 in Viti Levu. The species was identified from twelve 19th century specimens, some of which are known to be in Boston, London and New York. The last unconfirmed sighting of this bird was in 1973.[2] The bar winged rail was declared extinct by the IUCN in 1994.[1]
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| Drawing from 1867 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | †G. poeciloptera |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gallirallus poeciloptera (Hartlaub, 1866) | |
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Fossil remains dating back to the late Pleistocene or early Holocene are known from some caves in Fiji.[3] The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.
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